Its spelled Taquamenon and its an Ojibwa word that describes the amber color of the water which is stained with tannic acid from tree leaves. The falls are the color if dark beer. The poem is in Longfellow's poem Hiawatha.
Indian lore, attributed to the waters amber color
According to Indian lore, the origin of the name Tahquamenon is attributed to the water's amber color, which is the result of leaching of tanic acid from the cedar and hemlock swamps that feed the river.
Tahquamenon means "blueberry swamp" in the local Ojibwa language. Blueberry bushes grew abundantly in the acidic headwaters of the river marshland. The Objiwa could care less about the color of, or dancing waters that, chumukmon, "whites", who did not have to forage for food, were keen to slap on the native word.
The word literally translates into dancing falling sparkling Amber
The true meaning of the word Tahqumenon has been lost through the years.
After the tahquamenon river
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