The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-01-17

Eii-Shesh who was known as the Virgin
Queen.
The teyrStery 81 TIE Cardinals was granted
10 Ire Frcach settlers in less and was named
si(ey Charles 81 FSsnce
Kirg Geosge IL q Hngianl was the srcuscr
sov the Southern State ci Gecrgia-
Tic uane Maine was given to that State
acscripsively. sincc in the original charter il,
vsS ooaSsasrci " the Nsyne Land q New
Enslanan
Vermont was also descriptive name. being
fcr-@e5 frcus TIVE Ererch words veri " and
y>ov,, meaning g-ecz mountain.
keatscks Is frcn Nc1tookce. an Indian
Shsvucose ~ori, sisnitsins the head q a
givcy o. iors river
Mississippi Is trCSa the Indian MeesCSeerec,
-,eanias nos the father q waters, hut =" the
Sysat water.
colorado is named frSm the Rio Colorado
givey, The name is of Spanish origin. ard
r,cSuS ~ruiiy." " "ued. referring to The
colos & the water Il that river.
Tennessee Is supposed to have eecn named
froa TaaNssee. ore 81 the chief villages Of the
CheroSss lriisrs, which was heated % the
taukS x the Tennessee River.
Thc uArae Nirnesots is from The Indian
NigiSosah. moaning " cclcrei water"
The State .; Nevada is named fron the
Sierra Nevada Mountains, whSoh IN tayn arr
ssii t. have hees named frNn the Sierra Nc
yaa2S q Granada
Nebraska tSkes It's NAME fr,n, the Nebraska
RIVER, The nSrse Is cf loiian origin, r,carisg
shallow river"
Kansas IS &lSc usxsel fgpza its psincipal
river, \ trShe e lniiArs. Formerly in that
lScsli,y, were known IS the kozSSs O. News,
ard The State is F-cNStly named fror ihcra,
The erSsia al the name ef the rcainsalAr
>,ste q Florida IS ;eli nv historians as fol-
lowS IN ISIS. ponce sss Leoa sailed frcm
Frame 70 the west in search Of the fountain
q yoeth," He frs; saw land On q Faster
cay AMI o. coosaas ci the rieherss and
esAa,isy G; The fSwers soGri N The rev pos-
sessions, he called 1t FievSi&,
Alabama IS named fFoE, an ancient Indian
;ribs n The Mississippi Valley. The name
i.self signifies herr We rsss"
0hso takes its nazse frosa the river en- the
southern boundary, The uDcri is frnn ,he
Wys-3os,e Indian dialect, o-ha-s1h. and
sasAsS, sOzaeshirs great"
Iowa IS nSrei fTSEs tire RIVER ct that nAze /.
he ySVsr f7ozs the IcvSy Indians
Missouri Was also named frcur s river, The
vori IS fTr7 the lPiiaa Nir-oe-sho-shzy.
siszityias z,nsiy water"
Tie uxEe Wisconsin is 81 Frs,ch-ln6ian
susiu- Il was formerly speilei ouis-co-sin.
u,esz;as, westward Sowins"
IllioSis : derived froz the Delaware It.
iszE wo-i, " lila = CT LEM. meaning " real
-ae7. sni TIE soa Fro7eh termination "ois I"
TIE uaz-e Michigan. oo-,s< froz the IudiAn
NcC3s < AlSoo,rir and Chippewa czisip,
q" NiscsA. great, and " ssa,n lake.
Lozlss1,A was called in hcncr Of Louis NV
Ct EVaaoe za3 Was formerly applied to all the
ErSooA Possesses IN Tie Mississippi Valley.
ne vo-i Arkansas is q Iniian stock. A
| t-ise & lz3ixzS, who had rSbSllei and sepAr-
sssi fToz lie Kz-sS raiic7, were celebrated
I fo- lie tx Qualities q their hovs. Frou
I thss ihsy were called Arc OF Bow I0iiAus.
I AID afterwards Arkansas.
Few states have besa nAzeG fro-a their
I csiss-Al discoveries The uazaes e La Sale,
Caho;, Ne Seso, Marquette, Co7S,aio and
Fys=o1; are waiting - be disappointed irsc
history. ~ The nz-iz. e so-e rev State in
sirs- t--.--