Native American Creek Name
The Buffalo Historical Museum mentions that the Native American name for Buffalo Creek could be a possibile answer to the origin of the name Buffalo. Native Americans called the "Teosoway" or "Tehoseroron" meaning "Among the Basswoods" or "Between the Basswoods". While these designations strengthen my theory about Bois Blanc being the origin name of Buffalo, they do not sound like "Buffalo" and I have not heard how these two Native American words morphed to become Buffalo.
In July of 2022 the Buffalo History Museum updated their reasoning to be
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