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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 7745085" data-attributes="member: 6688049"><p><strong>"Native Americans" = Sac and Fox</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi, thanks for this.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to contribute something further in regard to the Indigenous name. (I've done post-graduate work in American Indian Studies, and have served as the main author of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_territories_of_the_indigenous_peoples_of_North_America" target="_blank">"List of Traditional Territories of the Indigenous Peoples of North America" Wikipedia article</a>.)</p><p></p><p>First, I looked up where Quasqueton is located on the map of Iowa. I see it's in Buchanan County, along the Wapsipinicon River.</p><p></p><p>Next, I did a websearch for "Quasqueton etymology". </p><p></p><p>I found an archived snapshot of the a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070820152134/http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/Quas/quas.htm" target="_blank">local history page</a> which says: <em>"Quasqueton, the oldest town in Buchanan County, was first settled in 1842. The name was originally <strong>Quasquetuk</strong> named by the Indians that lived on the west side of the river. It means "swift running water". "</em></p><p></p><p>This gives an important clue: Quasquetuk was named by the Indian Nation who was living on the <strong>west side </strong>of the Wapsipinicon River at the time the town was first settled by Euro-Americans in <strong>1842</strong>. </p><p></p><p>Then I looked at the official set of <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iowa_cessions_map.png" target="_blank">treaty maps for Iowa</a>. You see treaty #244 encompasses essentially the west side of the Wapsipinicon River. That treaty was made in 1837, only 5 years before the town of Quasqueton was settled.</p><p></p><p>So what nation signed that treaty? The Sac and Fox Nation. The Othâkîwaki (Sac, Sauk) Nation and Meshkwahkihaki (Fox) Nation (two nations which organizationally merged in historic times) traditionally speak variants of a single language, within the Algonkic family of languages.</p><p></p><p>It's likely that, if the local Anglo oral history is correct, the name "Quasquetuk" ("swift running water") is from the Sac-Fox language.</p><p></p><p>I then looked in <a href="http://sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/sites/sfnation/uploads/documents/Departments/language/Concise_Dictionary.pdf" target="_blank">A Concise Dictionary of the Sauk Language</a>, but could find no exact match. There were some words for "run fast" and "water", but they didn't match "Quesquetuk" phonetically.</p><p></p><p>Phonetically, the closest I could find was:</p><p></p><p>kwâshkwithahêwa let out, drop off</p><p>kwâshkwithahowa get out, get off</p><p></p><p>So, that's as far as my research went. Someone who was more versed in the local history, and in the Fox language, could take it further.</p><p></p><p>In conclusion, it is likely that the "Native Americans/Indians" spoken of Quasqueton's naming are the Sac and Fox Nation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 7745085, member: 6688049"] [b]"Native Americans" = Sac and Fox[/b] Hi, thanks for this. I'd like to contribute something further in regard to the Indigenous name. (I've done post-graduate work in American Indian Studies, and have served as the main author of the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_territories_of_the_indigenous_peoples_of_North_America"]"List of Traditional Territories of the Indigenous Peoples of North America" Wikipedia article[/URL].) First, I looked up where Quasqueton is located on the map of Iowa. I see it's in Buchanan County, along the Wapsipinicon River. Next, I did a websearch for "Quasqueton etymology". I found an archived snapshot of the a [URL="https://web.archive.org/web/20070820152134/http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/Quas/quas.htm"]local history page[/URL] which says: [I]"Quasqueton, the oldest town in Buchanan County, was first settled in 1842. The name was originally [B]Quasquetuk[/B] named by the Indians that lived on the west side of the river. It means "swift running water". "[/I] This gives an important clue: Quasquetuk was named by the Indian Nation who was living on the [B]west side [/B]of the Wapsipinicon River at the time the town was first settled by Euro-Americans in [B]1842[/B]. Then I looked at the official set of [URL="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iowa_cessions_map.png"]treaty maps for Iowa[/URL]. You see treaty #244 encompasses essentially the west side of the Wapsipinicon River. That treaty was made in 1837, only 5 years before the town of Quasqueton was settled. So what nation signed that treaty? The Sac and Fox Nation. The Othâkîwaki (Sac, Sauk) Nation and Meshkwahkihaki (Fox) Nation (two nations which organizationally merged in historic times) traditionally speak variants of a single language, within the Algonkic family of languages. It's likely that, if the local Anglo oral history is correct, the name "Quasquetuk" ("swift running water") is from the Sac-Fox language. I then looked in [URL="http://sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/sites/sfnation/uploads/documents/Departments/language/Concise_Dictionary.pdf"]A Concise Dictionary of the Sauk Language[/URL], but could find no exact match. There were some words for "run fast" and "water", but they didn't match "Quesquetuk" phonetically. Phonetically, the closest I could find was: kwâshkwithahêwa let out, drop off kwâshkwithahowa get out, get off So, that's as far as my research went. Someone who was more versed in the local history, and in the Fox language, could take it further. In conclusion, it is likely that the "Native Americans/Indians" spoken of Quasqueton's naming are the Sac and Fox Nation. [/QUOTE]
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