Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-04
THE ORIGIN OF %. K"
The Famous Authorization Probably
Came from tho Chocian.
Andrew Jackson thr Fret 10 Iiss "a. HS
preston Translation of
ciootaw word.


IN the language Of thn Cbdrtaw Indiana
one OF the most frequently recurring TX.
pseReluns w tho emphatic ukc, with
which an affirmation or denial h con.
cllded This oke pronounced With
strong accent on tho last syllahlc) IN one
OF The suhsttutionS for the copulatlya
yorb 30 boz which n wanting So Chloe,
taw. oko, as pronounced iu ChooiaN,
has exactly the eamo sound as the militia.
hotic pronunciation ni the o. X. in I'm.
glish.
The meaning OF The expression, asnrarly
NJ IL can be conveyed In English, n.
THAT Is true; that h all s0n "A few "a.
nmples, out OF many that might De- cited,
will Illustrate this 1.-THE Cboutaw In.
dian ~ good fellow Is expressed thus
llattak apl hnma Cilahtu hchnkmah Dke.
In which halifax apl huma means "lndInni'
literally man.hody'rcdl, achukinal
means good, and oke ~ tho copulntlye
expression, at ir so.n Ia the Rev. CYRUS
BynRton's ChoolRw New Testament tho
lirst sentences of Matt 9, 49, NYo IRE
The salt OF the earth, III lqlhni Ia huppi
linchrhia hokc, literally "thG anrtl its
salt sci that h So
10 Gen, Andrew JACKSON Is attributed
tie Introduction ~ The choetiiw word
Into our Anglo-AmorIcan specch Before
The war OF 1919, IN voyages ~ aud down
HE Mississippi ana In trading. cxpeai-
tlgns overland from Nashville, Tenn, 10
Natchc2, Miss, through lhV cb0ctstw
nation, be was brought Into frequent
communication with The ChOctaws,
Gen. Jackson, ns everybody knows,
was prone to the Dsp Of downright nnd
energetic methods OF assertion, Hear.
Ing this emphatic ok 80 frequently Ut
tered by ihe Ch0ci#w people, he learned
The meaning conveyed BY Il 20 the Choc-
inw mind and appropriated 4, ont II
hnnd, 70 hi9 own purpose From HIN sc
paeAcd over 70 the multitude fhis az.
count Of the origin of q. II has been
current IN tho South Tor many years.
4 moi true, y ~, % WY tho least ben
tfovato.
No one who has ever road ~ autograph
letter ~ Gen. JacksOnis WIN oaslly credit
Tho story that BE- was IN The hhhit. wien
he was president Of The United states. u
indOrsing, ia kaliem blule, applications
Tor Office, with the letters %. H., under
the belief that these were tbe prdiar
Initials for "ali correctn jackkoH Mas
no fch0lnr, but BE- vas n0t 80 grossly IL.
norant Of EnRiieh orihogfafhy az 10 ALI
into a blundcrvt that soH he may have
indorsed documents with the ieilrs u. X.
AZ u ioculaf symbol Of lila iagorite
Ghofiaw expression The story that these
letters were seriously Intended by him ~
an hborwIailou 81 nOil korrcetr was pros.
ably, a. Air. George Bancroft aaggasis,
81 pOslsTigri invention VI The enemy
~ VII, The wings during the bot pollfl.
cal contests W tho Days o. tbs roaring
'40's.
Tint the Authorization q. X. WAS coined
~ Jackson hilispli and used 81 him long
years before y passed. luto current slang,
iinds curious continuation ii 10 extinct
from The 0h court records 81 Rnmner
county, Tenn, quoted by Parton Ia ha
"Ltse " Jackson, y ycl ! psae 1885,
'-Octpbcr =, 1920. andrew Jhckaou,
Easl., proved 4 hlil 81 salo from Ifgef
AeLary 90 Ogspur Manskrr, f0r Negro
fHnn, which was q. k.n "a counion
NestgrA mistake adds SIR. i'ariop, Yfof
q. ~, Hhich Jneaus Ordrnd fletOrdea.
Hence, perhaps the seyiag y K1'1
~ i not more iikcly tfst The d. *. ~
This cnlry WIS suggested bg Jacss6n
himself, as D brief WY u Rassfg, oisef
he Cl0cfaw fashion, thai fiss tiaiM Aad
httn lpRalig made 0nif