Show names of great lakes both indian and frerich french Gan gannette origin of place names in the united states says that opinions differ ns as to the origin of the namo name huron according to some it t Is a corruption of hure given give 11 a tribe of indians by the Jr french ench it means tile the head of a wild boar it Is believed by some that it is from the indian words honic hoewe meaning true man still others believe it Is a corruption by french from tho the indian irrl 1 1 meaning eat cat tribe erle erie Is from earlge or arike the lie name of a now extinct indian tribe the word aigul fles fies lent or wildcat some authorities believe the word means imad 11 ontario in the indian word meaning beautiful lake or beautiful prospect of rocks hills find water michigan la Is an indian word said by some to mean big like lake and by others place for catching elsh 11 superior Is a translation of the original french name naine lac Super leur aux meaning the upper lake of the ottawa Ol tawas |