The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-04-15
WESTERN NOMENCLATURD-

Closely allied 10 the study of history is
that OF the origin of names, and there is
IN 1t wonderful fascination The fol-
lowing brief statements will show from.
what tritIing incident name may bs
derived-especialIy Western name.
Previous to 1891 there was nothing
on the site where Chicago row stands but
an Indian post, which was driven into tie
ground on the corner of Madison and
Dearborn streets. The present post>ofiice
marks the spot and commentaries the old
name About the year l74O party of
adventurous young ladies, belonging 10 a
Michigan boarding school, came across
The lake on an enormous raft. When
they had bathed in the pellucid stream
that now pours its crystal water into the
lake, they started 10 return, when bad
chief known as Longjon referred TO the
departing ladies as Shc-cargo: Hence
the name.
There IS another origin of the version
OF the cIty's name, which states that a
good Indian, named ING kell Toe Bee,
when about 10 lmmolate a fowl for his
dinner, on one occasion, reDenled of his
cry, exclaiming, as he let it fly, ''Chieky-
60 there IS room enough in the world for
thee and me The first story; however,
is best authe enticated.
Michigan, as is now we'll known. is
only Il corruption Of the name of Father
Nike Egan, an Irish Catholic priest, who
lived aud toiled and was finally sacrificed
by the Indians on lie size Of The present
city Of Detroit.
Iowa is only a euphonious adaptation
'nf tile symbolic letters L. .. A which the
Surveyor General of the United States, 10
1885, ordered to have Inscribed on ali the
quarter section posts in that territory
The initials stood for the familiar Latin
maxim, IloneuS of'tinus audtceS, which
freely translated, means ''go in and win.' -
Some emigrants saw the cab,,Iistic in<
scripnon all along the roadside, and they
twisted the initials into name for their
State. Ii was happy thought.
The capital OF Wisconsin derived its
! present name ftUm curious circumstance
/ that occurred i'll the time of the mound<
builders, hundreds Of years before Nc
Fariaud went there TO live. An architect
saved Il wOman's life, at the risk of his
4 own, from a savage attack OF bears
which made her husband furiously jeal-
ods. When lie came home from his
muund-buIldiug and ascertained what had
been dcne, he sharpened his towel and
went for the destroyer Of his happiness
4 medicine man, observing his mOmenta-
~ frenzy, graPped with and threw him,
crying 10 the neighbors, mad ice on -
Ice was applied to his scalp, and the life
OF his benetactor was saved, Ever since,
the place has been called Madison.
milwaukee, received its name from an
eminent red predecessor Of the pedestrian
! Weston. This Tremendous strider was
called in his melodious native tongue,
''Mile~walkee because 10 the infinite
1 delight of his tralner-Hor. Screcley-he
could make mile i'll four minutes, with-
out breaking.
The origin of the name Of Selma, will
be obvious TO all thoughtful readers who
remember that II has been a noted slave
market.
The name of Superior was guile as ob-
scure in It's origin, and The solution only
yielded TO the most persistent and patient
inquiry. Even Charlevoix does not men-
tion it. II seems the Chippewas who
inhabited the southwestern shore of the
Lake were formerly more wTetChed than
now-:he squaws more ragged, and the
papooses more squallId and when Carver
came through he established u charity
souphouse near tie western extremity
The beggarly braves flucked in with their
oinuer- bread colored broods and for months
The benevolent sutiler who was left in
charge Of the establishment stood on Il
barrel-head and shouted daily TO the AS
sembled thousands, ''Soup, here y'are /"
This was taken up and corrupted by the
ignorant aborigines, and finally became
Superior.
Michilimackinac is an Indian na:ne and
originated in touching dialogue between
two little Potawattomies in the dead OF
was hungry, not having had drop OF
dinner, when the other calmly replied,
- NV chilly-ma~can-aecom YOU
The juvenile bcnevolence was so wonder
ful that il rendered the phrase Immortal,
and the whole of it was made the name OF
a county in Michigan. OF late years,
however, this irfeverent generation has
topped of the last two syllables, spelling
the harmony ot the expression, and entire
iy sacrificing its affecting moral.
Thar was u thoughtful economy of the
Irishman in the pit of Dublin theatre,
who, seeing some people about 10 throw
an ohstreperous fellow IN the gallery ovel