Map or Atlas
Prairie Potawatomi Legends of the Mukwonago Lakes
| This pictorial map illustrates Potawatomi Indian legends from the region of Lower Phantom Lake, labeled Howitt Lake on the map, Phantom Lake, and Mukwonago Lake on the Fox River in the towns of Mukwonago and Vernon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Text by Charles E. Brown outlining the legends accompanies the map. |
| Image ID: | 96505 |
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| Creation Date: | 11 14 1942 |
| Creator Name: | Oestreich, Nancy |
| City: | Mukwonago |
| County: | Waukesha |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Map Collection |
| Genre: | Map or Atlas |
| Original Format Type: | paintings |
| Original Format Number: | GX9028 M95 |
| Original Dimensions: | Unknown |
| Charles Brown text reads: POTAWATOMI INDIAN LEGENDS OF THE MUKWONAGO LAKES In Waukesha County Charles E. Brown MUKWONAGO LAKE: Muko, the Bear, lived in this lake. He was a magician and very powerful. Wisaka once visited him here. While entertaining the culture hero, Muko gave an exhibition of his powers. He took a handful of pebbles and tossed them in the air. They became insects. Before they descended Wisaka changed them into birds and they flew away. HOWITT LAKE: Its Indian name was Wajashk--muskrat. Some Indians lived there by a spring. They wanted a lake and appealed to Wisaka. he took a stick and marked its outline in an area surrounding the spring. He got the muskrats to dig the lake and the spring filled the excavation with water. The grateful Indians planted rushes for the muskrats. PHANTOM LAKE: Manito or Spirit Lake. Here wew have the familiar story of two Indian lovers who perished in a canoe due to a jealous rival, and whose spirits annually returned. |
| Potawatomi Indians |
| Animals |
| Bears |
| Lakes |
| Canoes and canoeing |
| Rivers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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