The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-11-07

the u is used and one n; one Of 1880, for
los, in which the 3 also appears; one in
l764, for los, I'M which the has BEEN o.
lected--all these are printed by FRANKLt$
s. Hall. We have also one 76g, for D.,
remarkable for heipg signed by c. THoN-
SON, afterwards Secretary 70 the Continent
al Congress, in which the Charter name has
been made choice Of, and it also figures on
three others dated l772, l775, and 1916,
while on others of 1870, I772, 1873, aud
l776, the same name is spelled with q, bat
the donbIe n is not to he found. From the
year 1777, The spelling that the North A.
mertcan derives SO ingeniously from WM.-
PENN, has been used. 1t may not be foreign
to the purpose to remark, that WIN. PEKk's
name was not nnfrequenlly spelled sPEs'
Ivy his cotemporaries--it is SO to he found in
scurrillous attack, upon him, called the
History Of William Pens Conversion from
Gentleman to a Quaker London, 4to,
1852. Upon the whole, We think our Min
nesota friend has it,
We ought to say 10 our friend, the North
American, that the name Of our Territory is bor-
rowed from the language Of the Sioux, who are
daily in the streets Of ST. Paul, and who daily
speak Of the Minnesota river, acceniing the first
and the penultmate syllable Of The word As
there is no Dacota alphabet, and as we can bor-
row proper names from them therefore, only
geographically, it is plain that we cannot rep
resent the Indian name without making the Eng
hsh photography nearly represent the Indian pro-
nunciation of the name. This is the reason why
the Convention at Saltwater determined the pres
sent photography of Minnesota-to prevent false
pronunciation of the name--and is better Eea-
son than can be given for the present photography
of the name Pennsylvania, as our learned friend
cfthe Pennsylvania has above shown, inasmuch,
as one in Pennsylvania can be omitted with
ont changing the photography of The name, but
not SO with Minnesota, for if one be omitted, the
name loses all Of its Indian character and pro-
nunciation, and instead of the euphonous Daco.a
word mime, (water) which we hear the Sioux
daily utter in our streets, we have mine, whichis
not only not word belonging TO the Sioux Ian
guage, but is minus rather than plus in respec, of
euphony. We should really like to know what
the "analogies Of English photography" Cif there
be any analogies in it, have to do with the proper
choice Of letters from our alphabet, 10 represent
truly an Indian name. But the North American
is not only wrong in trying to show that we do not
spell the name of our Territory right, and in de-
nying TO Minnesotians the privilege which even
individuals claim, Of spelling their own names in
their own way, but it is wrong also 10 point of
fact and in point of precedent and authority. Our
Governor and Legislature-in all legislative acts
and proceedings, spell the word Minnesota as we
do. Ii is SO spell, in the Organic Act, repeatedly
and uniformly, in the laws Of the U. S. prnted by
]. * G. Gideon, Isl9-althoush in the index Of
that volume, we observe that the word is mis-
printed, by emitting one n.
! The North American, fearing perhaps, that
Minnesota will go rabid with s. Locolocoism,
seems 10 be Ike the Quaker who quarreed with
the strange dog for snatching bone intented for
dog of his own pack; 81 will not kill thee.
SAYS Broadorim, bat will give thee bad name.''