"So called from an Indian chief."  Means "pine" or "white pine" from the Ho-Chunk word "wazika".  In Potawatomi, "wazika" means "wrinkled".

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[Source: Crawford and Richland Co's., p. 750; Milwaukee Sentinel, Aug. 29, 1939.]