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Can Ha San Pa-Ha
(1) wood (2) bark (3) grayish (4) hills—The Hills
of the Whitish Barked Trees, or Sugar Maple Hills. The ancient
name of Chanhassen, MN.
Ha-Ha
Wa-Kpa (Mississippi
River-Dakota)
(1) to laugh, to bubble, to curl, waterfalls (2) river
I-Mni-za Ska Dan (Present day St. Paul)
(1) rocks (2) white (3) diminutive suffix—This refers
to the City of St. Paul, so called because of the white sandstone
cliffs exposed in this area.
Ka-po-Za (Present day South St. Paul)
(1) light, swift of foot. Chief Little Crow's village
at present day South St. Paul in the Mississippi flood plain.
Sa-Kpe (Present day Shakopee)
(1) six—the name of Chief Shakopee. Though the common
name of the village was always Tin-Ta O-Ton-We, the traders usually
referred to it as Shakopee.
Ta-Ku-Wa-Kan Ti-Pi
(1) the gods (2) habitation —Dwelling Place of the
Gods. A small hill overlooking the Fort Snelling prairie located
between the VA Hospital and Naval Air Station. It was called
Morgan's Hill in pioneer times. This was one of the abodes of
the powerful Un-Kte-Hi, god of the waters and underworld. A tunnel
led from this hill to the Minnesota River permitting easy passage.
Tipi
Wa-Kan (Samuel
Pond's Mission House in Shakopee)
(1) habitation (2) sacred — a sacred house
Wi-Ta Wa-Ste (Present day Nicollet Island)
(1) island (2) beautiful—present day Nicollet Island.
Wi-Ya-Ka O-ti (Sand Creek, St. Lawrence Twnsp,
Scott County)
(1) sand (2) to dwell—Dwellers-on-the-Sand. A small
band of Wa-Hpe-Ton-Wan made their home here above the Little
Rapids.
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