pawating

bawating / pawatik / bawatik
Niles, MI place of the rapids
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pawating
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Niles, MI
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The Potawatomi call the St. Joseph River "senathwen zibé" or river with a rocky flow. prior to the construction of the dam, the river was 12 feet lower than it is today & was really rocky, & difficult to manouver, leading to the area of Niles being called Pawating.