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The Sagin-Mackinaw mystery
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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