Excerpt from Chicago Past and Present: A Manual for the Citizen, the Teacher and the Student; History, Government, Officials, Their Duties and Salaries; Also County, State, and United States Government Officials of Special Interest to the General Public Dr. William Barry, first secretary of the Chicago Historical Society, says: Whatever may have been the etymological meaning of the word 'chicago, ' in its practical use it probably denotes strong or great. The Indians applied this term to the Mississippi River, to thunder, ...
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Excerpt from Chicago Past and Present: A Manual for the Citizen, the Teacher and the Student; History, Government, Officials, Their Duties and Salaries; Also County, State, and United States Government Officials of Special Interest to the General Public Dr. William Barry, first secretary of the Chicago Historical Society, says: Whatever may have been the etymological meaning of the word 'chicago, ' in its practical use it probably denotes strong or great. The Indians applied this term to the Mississippi River, to thunder, or to the voice of the great Manitou. Edward Hubbard, the genealogist, adopts a similar View, and says that the word Chicago, ' in its appli cations, signifies strong, mighty, powerful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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