Samish River means: Hunter
Skagit River: A member of the Salish People of the PNW
Stillaguamish: People of a Tribe
Snohomish: Widely debated--either Wet Snow or Sleeping Water
Skykomish means: Inland---which it is
I love all the rivers and visit them often.
7 comments:
I remember how difficult it was to learn all these pronunciations. All beautiful rivers. You are fortunate to live so close to their energy.
The names themselves just ring of water somehow.
Thanks for sharing these names with us. I really like features with Native American names, even if I can't always pronounce the names.
That's very interesting.
More later.
My father has a book about place names in Arizona. I always find it very interesting too.
You forgot the Spillchuck. Ahahahaha!
Nice, post MB. If I had one river that close to me I would be visiting it, too. :-)
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