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The Sagin-Mackinaw mystery

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Gary A Schlueter
Oct 18, 2023
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Indian statue, Abington, Indiana

    While finishing up my latest essay on what caused 50 years of violence among the Huron Wendat and friends, I came up with something pithy.

    Saginaw is an Algonquian derivation meaning “Where the Sauk are;” If Saginaw means ‘Where the Sauk are’, then Mackinaw must mean ‘Where the Mack are’.

    So, who in the heck wer…

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