Named after a friendly chief of the Ho-Chunk tribe. Thin land, "pakwa we," meaning "it is shallow." (Potawatomi) In Chippewa, this means Bagwaging, where the water is shallow, forming a slough. Corrupt of Bagwaki, meaning "Forest Opening." Bug-wau-keeng, meaning "thin land" or "land with thin woods," or a contraction from buh-bugh-wa-keeng, meaning "a land with perforated woods like our oak openings."

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[Source: p. 305 of Green Lake, Marquette, and Waushara counties.A. Skinner in "Milwaukee Public Museum Bulletin" v. 6, p. 399Card file at the WHS library reference desk]