From the site: OUR NEWELL ADVENTURE - Mukilteo...
And the meaning of Mukilteo is..........."good camping ground".....at least that is the popular translation, however, the Snohomish dialect of Lushootseed supplies the closest approximation: Muk-wil-teo or Buk-wil-tee-whu, “to swallow” or “narrow passage” (Bates, Hess and Hilbert). Chief William Shelton of the Tulalip Tribes described its meaning as “a throat, a neck or a narrowing in a body of water.” Mukilteo was a favorite meeting and camping ground well into the historic period (source: www.HistoryLink.org). This refers to the narrow body of water between Clinton (on Whidbey Island) and Mukilteo (the mainland side of the passage). A ferry runs every day across this passage.....a ...Read more...
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