Native American place names of Indiana
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780252032684
Subjects: Names, Indian -- Indiana.; Names, Geographical -- Indiana.; Indiana. -- History, Local.
First sentence: "The intent of this book is to present a historically clear and linguistically clean picture of the place-names in Indiana created and used by local historic American Indians. These are the oldest names on record for this land."
Description: An in-depth historic and linguistic analysis of place names created by historic American Indians in the land that is now termed "Indiana". The names examined include "Ohio (River)," "Lake Michigan," "Wabash River,"  "Kankakee," "Kekionga, "Ouiatanon," and around a hundred others. Various names located outside the state but important to Indiana history are also discussed, including "(Lake) Erie," "Chicago," "Wisconsin," and "Scioto (River)".
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface,
Technical Considerations,
Abbreviations, 
Introduction 
1. The Great Water 
2. <8AB8SKIG8>, Ouabachi, and Beyond 
3. <Ohio>, Ouabachi, and Beyond 
4. The Kankakee and Its Affluents 
5. Trails to Kekionga 
6. The White River and the People from the Dawn 
7. The Northern Wabash Valley 
8. The Southern Wabash Valley 
9. The Driftwood and Its Branches 
10. The Heart of the North Country 
11. Indiana's Ohio River Tributaries