So here's how Chicago got its name. Wild leeks grew in profusion in a place in the Midwest and the natives called the place "the skunk place" (in their language shika'ko). The area was eventually settled and the Indian term Anglicized to Chicago. "Wildflowers of Eastern America" John E. Klimas & James A. Cunningham
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