New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

| with their spurs, occupy a large portion Oh
the State, and are clothed with verdure tC
their SUBMITS.
MISUNDERSTANDING is one of the origi
nal States, first known as Massachusetts
| Bay. 1t was founded in 1920 The word
! in the Indian language signifies, "The cOun-
| try about the great hills"
Rhode Island-This, too, was an original
| State. A part of it, first settled in 1886, was
called the providence plantation, and
| the next settlement was called, in $685. the
"RhOde Island plantation" The name was
given because. of the faneied resemblance of
the island to that of Rhodes in the ancient
Levant-or srlier Mediterranean sea.
Connectiout-An original State. Its
name is Mohegan, and spelled, originally,
Quon-eh-ta-cut, which signifies "a long
river" in allusiOn 10 the Connecticut river,
which runs through the whole country from
Canada to Long Island sound.
New York-An original State. In the
early years of the reign of Charles H.; he
granted what was then known in America
as New Netherland, held by the Dutch, to
his brother, the Duke of York. In 1864, the
English took possession of the territory by
force, and it was named New York by the
Duke 10 honor of his title
New Jersey-An original State. 1t de-
rived its name from Sir George Carteret,
one of its original proprietors, obtained by
purchase in 1861, and was named by him
after the island of Jersey in the British
channel, of which he was Governor.
Pennsylvania-An original State. This
province was granted to William Penn, a
Quaker, in 1851. The word sylyania means
woods, and the meaning of the name of
the State is Penn's Woods, in allusion to the
wooded condition in which it was found.
Delaware-An original State. 1t derived
its name from Thomas West, Lord De la
War;, Governor of Virginia, who visited
the bay and died there in 1910. 1t was
a part of Pennsylvania until l776, when it's
inhabitants declared it to be an independ-
ent State.
Maryland-An original State. 1t was
founded by the Roman Catholics in 1852
under the prOprietorship of Lord Balti-
more, to whom it was granted. 1t received
its name from Charles the First's Queen,
Henrietta Marie.
Virginia-An original State 1t was
founded in 1906, under charter granted
90 an association known as the London 1
Company. 1t was in a region first discov-
cred during the reign of Queen Elizabeth
by an expedition Sent out by Sir Walter
Raleigh and others, and named in honor of
the sovereign, the unmarried OF Virgin
Queen.
Carolinas-O Original States The two Caro-
Gnas were originally in one tract known as
Carolina, so called after Fort Carolina,
built on its coast, near Port Royal, in 1862,
by Huguenots from France. 1t was SO called
in honor of Charles Tor CarolosT *, of
France. In 1868 Charles H. gave the do
main the name of Carolina. In 1923 it was
separated into the two provinces of North |
and South Carolina.
GeOrgia-An original State. A colony |
was established there in 1882, under the |
auspices of General OglethOrpe, and the |
province was named in honor of George H., |
of England.
Florida-This was a Spanish TERRITORY. |
divided into East and West Florida. It |
was ceded to the United States in 1919, |
made Territory in 1923, and admitted into |
the Union as State ON the third of March, |
l845. 1t was discovered by Juan Ponce de /
Leon, an old Spaniard in search of the |
Fountain of Eternal Youth, in the spring of |
1917. The land was covered with flowers. |
This fact, and the other that it was Easter 1
Sunday, when the churches were decorated |
with tiowers-Pasquas de Flores, or Feast |
Of Flowers suggested its name. ef
Alabama-Fhis was at FIRST part of the |
Territory of Mississippi. 1t was organized /
rs separate grant in 1917 and admitted as |
, State on the fourteenth of December, |
1912 Its name is a Creek word, signifying |
. The Land of Rest"
Mississippi-Once part of the great do |
main of Louisiana. 1t was admitted as a
State on the tenth of December. 1917. 1t |
derives its name from that of the great river /
which washes its western borders, which |
signifies, in the Choctaw language, Long |
liver, and in the Natchez tongue the Father
If Waters.
L0uisiana-In the reign of Louis XIV. of
france the French laid claim to the whole
country west of the Mississippi river, and IL
vas called Louisiana in honor of that King.
portion OF that magnificent domain was
.eded to the United States by Bonaparte in
! T1l, 1913, and it was admitted as a State !
N the eighth of April, 1872
Arkansas-This was part OF the ancient
iomaln OF Louisiana, taken from the south
IN part of Missouri in 1919, and admitted
ntO the Union as a State in 1896. Its name
S derived from the Indian word Kansas.
smoky water with the French prefix of
re, g bow
1ennessee-This was once part of North
jarollna. 1t was ceded to the general gov
rnment by that State, and was admitted
nto the Union as a State on the first of 4
une, 1896, with the name of Tennessee.
fter the Indian name Tennessee, or "the
liver with the big bend" which is charae-
erlstic of that stream.
Kentucky - Kain-tuck-ee - the Indian
anne for this State-was originally a part
the vast region west of the ALLEGHENY
fountains, comprising part of Virginia
was made separate Territory, and adj
lifted as State on the first of June. 1892
g name, 1t Is said, signifies cat the head
I the river, the Cumberland and its trib-
taries rising within its domain.
Ohio-the Shawonese name for "Tbe
eautltui River'-was at first part of the
reat Northwestern territory which Vir-
mia and Connecticut had coded to the
nlted States. 1t was admitted to the Union
the twenty-ninth of November 1902.
Mlehigan-This was once a part of the
'rritOry of Indiana It was given a Terri
'rial government in 1906, and was admit
I'd to the Union on the twenty-sixth of
anuary, 1887. Its name was derived from !
he lake, the Idian name for fish weir. or |
ap, which the shape Of the lake suggested.
Indiana-Or Organized as a Territory in
lay, 1900, it was admitted to the Union as
State on the eleventh of December. 1916. |
8 name is derived from that Of the In
ans.
Ilhnois-Ih1s was part Of Indiana until
sO9, when It was organized into a Terri
ny, and admitted into the Union on the
llrd OF December, 1918. Its name is de-
we'd from the Indian word illini, "men
ad the French sutix OILS, making it tribe
men,"
Wisconsin-This was part Of Michigan.
was formed into Territory in 1896, and
as admitted as State on the twenty-ninth ,
May, 1913. Its name is said to be the
ldlan one for wild rushing channel.
M!ssouFi--This was a part Of the great