Word: minnehaha
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...Minnehaha...
...Paulites abroad detest the time-honored quip: "I hear the Twin Cities are to be combined and will be called Minnehaha-'Minne' for Minneapolis and 'Haha' for St. Paul...
...Minnehaha (Minn...
...Claret's capability, his geniality and prowess as a raconteur do not constitute a complete estimate of the man. There is linked with him some apparently metaphysical Baedeker which directs him wherever the fates most joyfully convene. During the War he was on the bridge of the transport Minnehaha when it was torpedoed off the Irish coast. The ship sank so rapidly that it literally shot out from under its Captain's feet. He calmly swam about, assisted twelve wallowing survivors into lifeboats. Then, through long grey hours he bobbed about in icy water, blowing air from...
...Omaha, Neb. Hanged before he was 16 by members of Raider Quantrill's band, he was cut down by friends, lived to fight with John Brown, to edit the Omaha World-Herald, to marry three wives, one of them Princess Bright Eyes, original of Longfellow's Minnehaha...