We will walk West on Grace, then turn left and walk South on Tacoma, until the intersection with Auburn.
That will be the end of the walk.
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Spanish
Estás aquí. Nos dirigimos hacia el último final de nuestro paseo, terminaremos en la avenida Auburn.
Tú estás aquí, y yo también, y al estar aquí recordamos a las personas que ya no están o se han hecho invisibles. La nación Winnebago, de la que esta calle toma su nombre, se extendía desde la actual frontera entre Wisconsin y Minnesota hasta el centro de Wisconsin y el centro-norte de Illinois. Dos condados, uno en Wisconsin y otro en Illinois, también llevan este nombre. Por cierto, este nombre está obsoleto hoy; los conocemos como la Nación Ho-Chunk.
Habría que remontarse al siglo XIX para conocer a los nativos americanos que vivían allí. Pero las calles Boilvin y Myott (reciben sus nombres de los nativos americanos a quienes se les concedieron tierras después del tratado de Prairie du Chien).
Una página de ex alumnos de West High School dice:
Debido a su fuerte olor a pescado, los indios algonquinos llamaron al lago y a sus residentes "Winnebago", que significa agua maloliente; pero los "Winnebago" se llamaban a sí mismos "Ho-Chunk", que significa Gran Voz, su nombre tribal original. Las mujeres Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) cultivaban maíz, frijoles y calabazas, mientras que los hombres pescaban y cazaban ciervos, búfalos y caza menor. Vivían en casas rectangulares con tejas de corteza de abedul. A algunos de los Ho-Chunk a los que se les quitó la tierra se les dio granjas en lugar enviárseles a reservas. Otros, debilitados por enfermedades y guerras tribales, se casaron con enemigos tribales o se mudaron cerca de los ríos Rock, Fox, Black y Wisconsin.
Cuando West era una escuela secundaria, la mascota era el "Jefe Wahoo", una caricatura de un guerrero indio "típico"; eso era todo lo que muchos de nosotros sabíamos si pensábamos en ello. En realidad, a unos pocos kilómetros río abajo se encontraba la tierra natal de un guerrero "real", el Jefe Black Hawk.
Hoy en día, la escuela media West todavía tiene al guerrero como mascota.
Ahora nos acercamos a Auburn Avenue. Ha habido tantos negocios allí: recuerdas The Green Shutters, que se encontraba abajo en la esquina de Rockton y Auburn, un lindo y pequeño restaurante, donde tu mamá solía llevarte. Luego una pastelería, que tenía Jane Carney (y cuya familia dio el nombre a la calle). Había un barbero en la parte de atrás del lado de la avenida Rockton. Bill Auber era el barbero allí. Aquí está la granja Carney (la casa amarilla al lado de donde hoy está O'Reilly) y su granja llegaba casi hasta Ridge Avenue. Su hija Jane era una buena amiga de tu madre y ella era la que tenía los dulces. Su hijo Claude era un buen amigo de su tío y solían ir a pescar juntos. Hay casas bonitas aquí.
Puedes buscar estos lugares, intentar identificarlos, mapearlos. Revive los recuerdos paso a paso para no olvidar, que como tú estás aquí, muchos estuvieron antes, y compartimos el espacio con los que vendrán después.
English
You Are Here. We are headed toward the last end of our walk, we will stop at Auburn Avenue.
You are here, and so I am, and in being here, we remember the people who are not here anymore or have been made invisible. The Winnebago nation, whose this street takes its name, extended from the today Wisconsin-Minessota border to central Wisconsin and North-central Illinois. Two counties, one in Wisconsin and one in Illinois, also bear this name. This name is obsolete today; we know them as the Ho-Chunk Nation.
You would have to go back to the 1800s to find about the native americans who lived there. But Boilvin and Myott streets (they get their names from native americans who were granted land floats after the treaty of Prairie du Chien).
A page of West High school alumni reads:
Because of its strong fishy odor, Algonquian Indians called the Lake and its residents "Winnebago," meaning Smelly Water; but the "Winnebago" called themselves "Ho-Chunk," meaning Big Voice, their original tribal name. Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) women, farmed corn, beans, and squash while the men fished and hunted deer, buffalo, and small game. They lived in rectangular houses with Birch bark shingles. Some of the "un-landed" Ho-Chunk were given homesteads instead of being sent to reservations. Others, weakened by disease and tribal wars, intermarried with tribal enemies or moved near the Rock, Fox, Black, and Wisconsin Rivers.
When West was a High School, the mascot was "Chief Wahoo," caricature of a "typical" Indian warrior; that was about all many of us knew if we thought about it at all. Actually, a few miles down the Rock River was the homeland of a "real" Warrior, Chief Black Hawk.
Nowaday, West Middle school still has the warrior.
We are now approaching Auburn Avenue. There have been so many businesses there: You remember The Green Shutters, which sat down below on the Rockton and Auburn corner, a cute little restaurant, where your mom used to take you. Then a confectionary, which Jane Carney had (and whose family gave name to the street). There was a barber in the back part on the Rockton avenue side. Bill Auber was the barber there. Here is the Carney farm house (yellow house next to the O’Reilly) and his farm was almost up to Ridge Avenue. His daughter Jane was a good friend of your mother and she was the one who had the confectionary. His son Claude was a good friend of your uncle and they used to go fishing together. There are nice houses here.
You can look for these places, try to identify them, map them. Relive the memories step by step to not forget, that as you are here, many were before, and we share the space with who will come after.