Des Moines: Information from Answers.com
However, the term could have referred to the river of the Moingonas, named after
an American Indian tribe that resided in the area and built burial mounds. ...
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Des Moines Public Library / FrontPage
The generally-accepted explanation is that it came from the French explorers'
interpretation of "river of the Moingonas," named for an Indian tribe, ...
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The Campus Chronicle
It might refer to a kinda phonetic interpretation of a native tribe's name ("
Moingonas") or it might refer to French monks who once lived in the area. ...
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French Place Names In The USA And Canada
The name may have been derived from "Moingonas", the Native American name for
the Des Moines river (or a tribe which lived in the area), or from the French
...
www.johncletheroe.org/usa_can/places/french.htm

Full text of "The government of Iowa"
These," says Professor Laenas G. Weld, " were probably the Moingonas, who at
this period dwelt along the Illinois River, though they were found in Iowa not
...
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Des Moines - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Podría hacer referencia al río de Moingonas, llamado así por la tribu india que
vivía en esa zona. Otros creen que es por los monjes trapenses, ...
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Moines

Full text of "Origin of the names of stations on the line of the ...
The Tamarouas were one of the five tribes compos- ing the Illinois Confederacy,
which consisted of the Moingonas, Kaskaskias, Peorias, Kahokias and Tama- ...
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Des Moines - Viquipèdia
L'origen del nom Des Moines és incert: es diu que pot derivar de riu dels
Moingonas, els quals eren una tribu india resident a la zona i lligada a la ...
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Moines

Full text of "History of Fort Dodge and Webster County, Iowa"
These were probably the Moingonas, who at this period dwelt along the Illinois
... La riviere des Moingonas. I believe this to be the earliest appearance of
...
www.archive.org/stream/historyoffortdod01prat/ historyoffortdod01prat_djvu.txt

Des Moines - Wikipedia
L'origine del nome Des Moines è incerta: forse si riferisce al fiume dei
Moingonas, nome di una tribù indiana residente nella zona e collegata alla
cultura ...
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Moines