For "Behold, the Virgin shall conceive" implies that the Virgin would conceive with out intercourse. And he shall bear absent our sins. Menominee River and Little Menominee River - Menominee means "very good seed" or "wild rice". Sinsinawa River - One model holds that "Sinsinawa" derives from an Algonquian phrase (potentially Potawatomi, Fox or Menominee language) for "rattlesnake" to describe the Sioux.