I always thought that "Wanigas" was for real. And hey you "North" people, I was at South. My husband was at North and he always teases me about the circuses we used to hold at South. Boy what memories!! [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 03/07/2001 7:44:31 PM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > I once heard that its a name of a indian tribe that lived in the Saginaw > > area. Wanigas spelled backwords. > > > > The story we circulated as elementary school children was that Saginaw was > named after "old Chief Wanigas." Is that one still going around? > > Mary Sue -- researching: Armstrong, Braatz, Brandt, Cramer, Davis, Hensler, Knippel, McCray, Palmer, Shields, Thomason & Yahn