[132] So given by Mrs. John Kinzie in _Wau Bun, The Early
Day in the Northwest_, (Caxton Club ed. Chicago, 1901) 252.
Isaac T. Smith in _Wisconsin Historical Collections_, VI,
424, explains that the Winnebago name “Koshkonong” meant
“the place where we shave.” He adds, however, that the
Potawatomi name for the lake meant “the lake we live on.”
This interpretation is also given by Rev. Alfred Brunson in
_Wis. Hist. Colls._, I, 118.
[133] This résumé was prepared in response to a recent
request received by the Historical Library for information
on the subject.