, 1870-06-12
Colonial Missouri Names.

I1e Aneacan lamentations Of old trepc1
| or Spanish nnmes Of places III the for1ue]
colony OF Louisiana, are often moEt puxzIiug
Years ago on hearing Of Bob Ruly's prairie
We indulged ourimasinat ton IN pictnring to ON
mlnds eye the veyerable pioneer whose name
adhered 10 tast pleasant landscape. We could
| learn nothing authentic about this patriarch.
Dni We anectouately conceived that as Robert
iulx, Esq, or oven perhaps AZ tho Hon. Rob.
eff Auly, be would be found to figure in tho
lost annals Of orr Justices Of the pcace, or
our Territorial County Courts. He was doubt
less man Of marx, especially in shooting al q
marx, upright in his person as in his dealiugs.
Of Roman simplicity il both manners and COS.
tune, OF sure and correct aims in politics, IN re-
Iglon, or with his rife We had almost con-
te1T{p!ated E gathering materials for an obitua1y
OF this venerable early settler, when, to our
great disgust, We were told that there never
vas any such individual, aud that the prnirie
was properly called Bois H1ule Cor burnt Wood1
rIa1ae. which our carly American settlers
closely Following. the pronunciation Of the-
fneneh n.sa words, had converted into LOB Ruly.
OUT eFpfehe1Elons Of illness, in spending =
Gunner holiday at Galena, on Fever R,Ter.
were dispclled BY learning that the alarminr
name vas merely the American spelling 81
Fe'Te Qeean(. In Ike manner stern-wfGeel
Fl; Hieanea, ~nlch, yeara ago, used to inspire ma
iaatly sounding name Of Moyastar, fe,l into
contempt With us when we learned that she in
reality WAS merely named after tho vretcIed
legion Of the Mauvaises Torres.
The historical learning aud linguistic attain
mtnts Of Judge Primm have enabled him to
other puzzling Missouri names, and We hons
he WILL continue his contributions to that inter
cet1ng branch OF oar Stnte history. In excel
lent taste he contends for the ancient name of
Ma1amec Tor the beautiful stream whicl,
waters tue southern portion Of St. Louis
Cocnty, and which the lazy Ignorance OF new
eomers was fast peryerting into = mere name
s.le OF the Meusmnc Of New England. Tho
unlntelligiblo Gasconade il shown 10 bo a cor
rurtion of cnssondde, the French term for lie
crude maple eugar made on its banks. Croye
Coeur ID deprived Of that poetic halo which
caused sentimental misses in their first
lessons in French to imagine that near
still fingered Of bro
ken heart. Remorseloss truth OF history. in
The conscientious hands OF Judge Pdmm, tells |
different story. 4 st. Louis belle, in colonial
caxs, was wooed and won by the fascinating I
lei ringer of the village church. He deter
!oncly ~ = Lake, and there, with his bride, string
m 1cr living on the fish and the deer But our
~ 10y OF the lake hungered after the hesh-pots
- - IIsspl, OF; 70 be geographically precise, Of
.be 1ns ntas ana Vide poche, Egypt itself being on
fT1nsc1;ha e ~. OF our great river, in Illinois. To
Is h ~. a.. SAAo-<o4AlC HU1u4 OF LQE JQQGe,
NJ "hsn in, .ne good woman in her Wild home could
m reds essa er near ths chimes tong for the de-
Or christening. her heart was rsadsnn5 at1z sgs
esanee for the IN eabs1Ee sSs5 her only
l1.. n getting up her husbands ~ 'hesi her was
'ssy for the 1etnrned to st
aie, and to say Of their lake hoplo ia ro-1ss.
e1eve which is old French fol i's.ieo. un.
|Aeaaantness" G'aa or extreme dissatisfaction. y
=, Judge Pnmm's explanation Of the nnr,a -
we W.; Foche tanglicised into Wheatbu%sh % and ~
mlaepnfh), for the late city OF Carondclet. ia
a,e,ehlous ,,, and verv nearly satisfactory. Fnrr
sa.a ~. n, ,nnchasitableness have propagated ths
nnnIaa snuM that this soubnqnet meant cmntv
Is indicative Of eome chronic imne.
9,a Of the inhabitants OF that village
iTey yaags, e4g1cdsn %nseE Fesdant Of it. coneln-
Ffeaeb aaoaes eae,a tals % theory. Empty pockets
.~nts1 mn; sno the m former phrase me.ns pocket
,ond@iat;,n me ne, antiquarian acumen and ca
oele,lan - iI PUBLIC spirit Of the judge combine
tion ' DM I;la 70 suggest the following e1pl1na-
''>D' 4Ae LIE ancient Corinthians, tho