▁– ▁after ▁the ▁Ont on agon ▁River , ▁called ▁" nant oun aging " ▁meaning ▁" my ▁bow l ▁is ▁lost " ▁ ▁Os ce ola ▁County ▁– ▁after ▁Chief ▁Os ce ola ▁of ▁the ▁Sem in ole . ▁ ▁Ot se go ▁County ▁– ▁Moh awk ▁word ▁meaning ▁" clear ▁water ". ▁ ▁Ott awa ▁County ▁– ▁after ▁the ▁O da wa ▁( O tt awa ) ▁people ▁who ▁inhab ited ▁the ▁region . ▁ ▁S ag ina w ▁County ▁– ▁O j ib we ▁word ▁" s agen ong " ▁meaning ▁" place ▁of ▁the ▁out let ". ▁ ▁San il ac ▁County ▁– ▁Chief ▁San il ac ▁of ▁the ▁Wy and ot ▁people . ▁ ▁Was ht en aw ▁County ▁– ▁O j ib we ▁word ▁" was ht en ong " ▁meaning ▁" far ▁away ▁waters ". ▁ ▁School craft ▁ne olog isms ▁▁ ▁Ten ▁count ies ▁in ▁Michigan ▁have ▁names ▁created ▁by ▁Henry ▁School craft , ▁who ▁combined ▁Native ▁American ▁words ▁with ▁roots ▁from ▁Greek , ▁Arab ic , ▁and ▁Latin . ▁School craft ' s ▁made - up ▁words ▁have ▁disput ed ▁sources . ▁While ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁dev ote e ▁of ▁Native ▁American ▁words ▁and ▁culture , ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁words ▁may ▁have ▁origin ated ▁with ▁tribes ▁from ▁other ▁areas ▁of ▁the ▁country , ▁such ▁as ▁New ▁York ▁or ▁the ▁N ortheast , ▁from ▁which ▁many ▁sett lers ▁to ▁Michigan ▁came ▁from . ▁Real ▁Native ▁words ▁were ▁er adic ated , ▁and ▁he ▁subst it uted