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It may be proper here to remark, that Kenosha tt;,s first known as Pike River, and afterwards, until it was incorporated as a city, in 185ft, it was called Southport; hut for the sake of avoiding confusion, I have in this account, spoken of the place under its present name of Kenosha, A portion of the inhabitants desired at all times to call the place after the Indian name of the stream which here em-ties into the Kake; and we accordingly find the principal public house kapt in Kenosha, as early as 1838, called the “Kenosha Ce-pee Home.'7 Kenosha, at that time, was almost as variously spelt as there were different writers ; by so mo it was spelt Kenosia, by others Keaozia, and by others again Kenosha. Some spelt the word as it is now spelt, Kenosha, which manifestly gives the Indian pronunciation most nearly. It may also be well to add, that Kenosha, in the Indian, signifies Tike, and Gepce, creek.
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Kenosha Times
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Mar 25, 1858
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