Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-04-04

Maine-So called from the province O1
Maine, in France, in compliment to Queer
Henrietta of Eng gland, who, it has be said
owned that province. This is the commonly
received opinion.
New Hampshire by John Mason
in 1879, (who with another obtained the gran
from the crown, from Hampshire county, ir
England. The former name of the domain
was Laconia.
Vermont-From the French words uero
mont or green mountain, indicative of the
mountainous nature of the State. The name
was first officially recognized January 10,
1777.
Massachusetts--Indi name, signifying
| ''the country about the great hills.
Rhode Island-This name was adopted in
| 1911 from the Island of Rhodes, in the Med
i:eranean, because of its fancied resemblance
to that island.
Connecticut-This is the English orthog-
raphy of the Indian word 'Quon-e -ta-cut,
which signifies "a long river"
New York-Named by the Duke OF York
under color of title given by the English
crown in 1864.
New Jersey-So called in honor of Sir
George Carteret, who was Governor of the
Island of Jersey in the British Channel.
Pennsylvania--From William Penn, the
founder Of the new colony, meaning ''Penn's
Woods"
Delaware--In honor OF Thomas West,
Lord dc la Ware, who visited the bay and
died there in 1910.
Maryland- After Henrietta Marie, the
bueen of Charles |, Of England.
Virginia-So called in honor Of Queen Eliz-
abeth, the "Virgin Queen" in whose reign
Sir Walter Raleigh made the first attempt to
colonize that region.
North ana South Carolina were originally
in one tract, called Carolina, after Charles
TX, of France, in 1901. Subsequently, in
1865, the name was altered.
Georgia-So called in honor of George Ii,
of England, who establishee colony in that
region.
Florida-Ponce de Leon, who discovered
this portion of North America in 1919, named
it Florida in commemorati0n of the day he
landed there, which was the Pasquas de Florea
OF the Spaniards, or ''Feast Of Flowers" :"
otherwise known as Easter Sunday.
Alabama-Formerly portion of Missippi
Territory, admitted into the Union as State
in 1910. The name is of Indian origin, sig
nifying "Here we rest"
Mississippi--Formerly portion OF the
province of Louisiana. SO named IN l8OO
from the great river on the western line. The
term is of Indian origin, meaning the "Long
river"
Louisiana-From Louis XIV, of France,
who, for some time prior to 1863, owned the
territory.
. Arkansas--From ''Kansas." the Indian
name for Smoky water," with the French
prefix "are," bow.
Tennessee-Indian for "The river of the
big bend" T. e., the Mississippi, which is its
western boundary.
Kentuckv-Indian for .'At the head of the
river.
Ohio-From the Indian, meaning ''beauti-
full" Previously applied to the river which
traverses great part of its borders.
Michigan-Freviously applied TO the lake;
the Indian name for fish weir. So called
from the fancied resemblance of the lake to
a fish trap.
Indiana-So called in 1902 from American
Indians.
Illinois-From the Indian ''illini," men,
and the french suffix ''ois," together signify
ing ''trbes of men,"
Wisconsn-Indiann name for 'wild, rush.
ing channel"
Missouri-Named in 1920 from the great
branch of the Mississippi which fowsthrough
it. Indian term, meaning muddy.
Iowa-From the Indian, signifying ''the
drowsy ones.''
Minnesota-Indian for ''cloudy weather"
California a-The name given by Cortes, the
discoverer of that region. He probably OBJ
tanned it from an old Spanish romance, in
which an imaginary island of that name is
described as abounding in gold.
Oregon-According to some from the In
dian, Oregon river of the west Others
consider it derived from the Spanish ''ore-
ganoo." wild majoram, which grows on the
Pacific coast Worcester Gazette
The Triplets Lincoln Named. /