Lincoln’s Name for “Weeping Water”
“I was speaking one time to Mr. Lincoln,” said Governor Saunders, of Nebraska, “of a little Nebraskan settlement on the Weeping Water, a stream in our State.”
“‘Weeping Water!’ said he.
“Then with a twinkle in his eye, he continued:
“‘I suppose the Indians out there call it Minneboohoo, don’t they? They ought to, if Laughing Water is Minnehaha in their language.’”