des moines

Anyone see this yet? (If already posted in the Forum, my apologies....) http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709220333

Des Moines is the capital city of the state of Iowa. Most people living in the city do not know the origin of the city's name. Well, here's a theory on the origin of the name, as reported in the Des Moines Register: Lest you think it unlikely that the natives to play jokes like this on...