, 1870-03-20

serying tho msmosy Of b4etIo OF = fesss,
scmstin,es indicating natural products, and oo.
caHoo4llJ lts position CT direction frprn plsa4
previously known, As "bohInd tho 1nouutain,"
" tho eaat Land, DC 4hs structure OF tbese
to one Of thrce causes: !. Those formed By
tho union Of two elements, which We will ca!l
adjcctisA and huhatandsa1, With O. without
locstiFc suhx o. post poaiuvo msaning "at"
"in,. "neaz," DC z Those which
have : single element, The substantial or
Ssooad"esk! WITH It's loeasire eufhx- 3. Those
noune dancting paAoo whore tho action Of
tho verb u performed. To this class bolong.
LOT example, such names ns MushauWonuk
lEoston), "wherc there is going by boat" ! e.,
fe,!y o. eaEoo crossing. -
= aap Or sR.., tho A1sonkin word for 1iyer;
out "cxtsnded,r and corresponded nearly
to the English word stzeam- 1t rarely en-
ten into composition Of local n2tnee, and
does not make = part Of the name Of any
r1yer u New England bnt Mississippi Is
est ars4, v.s s, the !ta Moat.snsis % nsno 4 tho
st. lawrence TUX denotes river whose
waters arc dnyon IN wavos, by hdca or wind.
With the adiccdyA ,nfzd, great, it forros n1ts-
s5.slk, now written M{stic- Qutnnt-tus Is the
nlonG tidal river" With The 1ocatvo ahK,
Quinn, ,alk-ttt, ION long 1ireI, ,e-nor Con-
lands both sidcs Of the river. In deed OF
16:6 the. nIno Is Quinesueques, II anothar
Qsae1aticuh Roger Williams, Q6is( haa
Qunnittcut and calls the Indians Of this ra-
eion Q1antE oock. tha. L. "thS ,t9a long HSs1 tt1
modern Name has no business tha5e, and 1t
is difficult to fnd reason tor its intrusion.
taqua is 1t divided tidal river" Nippe or ntal
denotes wa.e1 generally. ouionipisc, nov
New Haven, is probably LONG "atef place,
q.in'a-aippe olte o3is meaning land place,
OF county. Paug is water at rest; Maud
pauy, great pond Qui"nipaug long pond
Tddchu rlcans always mountain or hill In
Wachusct We have it, with the locative a{6x
nea1, Ut ain the vicinity OF tho mountain, q
name which Lae besn tlanposed to tho noun
tain itself, With the adIechrs1 nsassa, great,
is formed n1Gssd Gdchu sci, near the great
ehuaetts. SAID, . root tAat denotes apour-
ing out" is tho taBe Of MANY local names for
tho outlet Of Iiver or lake. Nianipiseogoe,
Of mimi, htppt, and sauki, "good water dis
charge" and must have belonged 70 The out
let, rather tLan to the lake itse1f- The hanB-
lation Of this s5ntheais, by ''ths smile Of the
Great Spirit, is sheer nonsense.
The e1zor of the eas, by which words arc per
ve1ted to more familiar form, has effected
some curious transformations. S,eotara, tho
name Of 4 stream in Pennsylvania, becomes
Sweet Arrow; the Poiopaeo OF John Smiths
may, on bend Of the Potomac, becomes Port
Iobaeeo- Sanaa auke, the price OF dsh, in
East Windaor, pasees through fameraek and
auke, ''g1ass land" Scituate, B. 1, Eiroa the
name Of Mosquito Hawk to tho brook which
crosscs Il.
No interpretation Of u place nana is correct
which makes bad grammar Of tho original.
The apparatus Of Indian synthesis was cumbe1-
md rfrh al gfad IN ffo
the grammatical relations Of words were neneI
lost sight of; the sarcrM components OF \
nA1nc had their established order, not depend
ent On tho will or skill Of the composer.