"Roche a Cri means the shouting (or whooping) rock. The origin of the term is unknown. Two affluents of the Wisconsin bear this name, Big and Little Roche a Cri creeks, and lie entirely within Adams County."

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[Source: Wis. His. Soc. Proceedings, 1910, footnote, p. 166.]