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Name of River
In Washington State, a little north of Seattle is a river called the Stillaguamish, but it wasn't always called that. It was originally named "Aguamish" after a local Indian tribe.
When Lewis & Clark finally made their way to the west coast they came to the Aguamish tribe and met the chief who told them what the name of the river was and gave them a tour of the area.
Years later Merriweather Lewis returned and met the Aguamish chief again and the subject finally came around to the river:
"Chief, I've been told that, because of so many white men have arrived in the area; many of the rivers are being renamed because they couldn't pronounce the names. Tell me, what is the name of your river now, please, “Lewis pleaded.
"Oh," replied the chief. "It's Stillaguamish.”
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