The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01
LAKE MAxINKrrcErr

I LAKE -xINKUcK
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal.
What are the dimensions of Lake Maxinkuckeel By
what tribe OF Indians was it named, and what does
the name signify in Englishl From whom can I OBJ
lake2 "9 n1Ury u .""
SEYMOUR, Ind. "io"i.
Lake Maxinkuckee, in Marshall county. was
SO caiieo oy the Pottawattomie Indians, and is
SAID to mean, according to Daniel Mcdonald.
eaitor OF the plymouth lind. Democrat, beau
tlful water" Mr.. Mcdonald is perhans the hest
ausnor11y In the State on the early history of the
The lake is two and three-fourth miles lone and
nearly two miles wide. The land now included
within the borders of Marshall county was in
haolted almost exclusively by the Pottawatto-
mics. who were very numerous there. as the
woods were full of game, and the many lakes
were filled with fish. One of their principal
villages stood on the borders of the lake. Ia
1887 and 1888 white settlers began to come in.
The Indians refused to leave, claiming that theif
lands had been bargained away by their chiefs
without authority to act in the premises. In
1888 the Indians were forcibly removed by
troops under General Upton, brought from Lo-
gansport for that purpose. The troops surround
ed the principal villages and collected the in
habitants and stragglers together like so many
cattle. Their guns were taken from them and
they were driven south along the Michigan road
out of the county, being afterward taken to Kan
sas. They were hustled along pell-mell by the
soldiers, VINO in that day, with recent experience
with savages, were far from being tender. Some
managed to hide themselves in the general confu,
sion created by Tipton's raid and remained a few
years. Several hundreds of these were taken
away in 1910 by Alexis Coquillard.
THE THREE RS, ETC.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
ID What is meant by ''the three Rs?" (2) What
present State capital was named after a queenY Oh
What does 'scr" after a penman's name stand fort
81 In what language did the word God" originated
Christi, (3 When and by whom was the banjo in
America9 T. RILEY CoBLE.
SPENCER.
a. Reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic. (2.) An
napolls-the city of Anne-named after Queen
Anne of England. 81 Washington, d. G. AZ
Scribe or secretary. (5.) Probably from the
Hindostanee, 'Khoda." (6.1 A crude instrument
the Hindoos at that date. e. 1t is probably Of
negro origin. (8) Simon Bolivar.
vERMIcELLI.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis journal
What is the pronunciation of vermicelli, and why IL
it so calledl SCHooLBoY.
CRY.
This Italian name is pronounced ver-me-chele e.
1t is so called from its wormlike appearance,
"vermiculus" (Latin) signifying a little worm.
The word vermilion has a similar origin, which
Is singularly inappropriate. Kermes was the
Arabic name for the insect ''coculus illcis,n
which gives the red dye. Kermes in Arabic
means little worm" and this was Latinized
into vermiculus, from which the French coined
pigment (red sulphuret of mercury is wholly in
appropriate.
WAS 1T A PLAGIARISM?
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
When Tennyson wrote his Charge Of the Light
Brigade. he copied closely after Michael DraytonG
Battle of Agincourt. one stanza of which Is:
'"They now to fight are gone.
Armor on armor shone,
Drum now to drum did groan,
To hear was wonder.
That with the cries they make,
The very earth did shake
Trumpet to trumpet spake
Thunder to thunder"
Would you call that a plagiarism ARa0.
SHELBYvILLE, Ind.
Other poets might; we are not a poet.
VAUDEVILLE.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journals:
From what does the name vaudeville come as an.
pied to piayss THEsPIANUs.
This word, which now means a play in which
songs are introduced, is a corruption of Vaux de
Wire. the name of two valleys in Normandy. A
fuller In Wire In the fifteenth century composed
some humorous and satirical drinking songs
which became popular throughout France, under
the name of their native place, 'Vaux de Vire"-
Valley of Vire." The term in some way has
been corrupted into 'voix de ville"-voice of the
clty-and this still further into Vaudeville
which latter goes on corrupting the youth of the
country.
ABOLIsHING SLAVERY.
TO the Edlror of the indianapolis Journal:
What nations are now freeing their slavess
CICERO. Ind. SHACKLEs.
Brazil. by an act passed liz 1871, is gradually
emanclpating her slaves, and slavery, it is an
t%icipated, will not exist in that country when the
twentieth century is ushered in. Slaves in Cuba,
by an edict of the Spanish government, which
went into force last year, are now being freed ar
the rate of one in four every year.
BOOK ACCOUNTS AT AUCTION.
TO the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Does the assignee of a firm have to offer book ac-
counts at auction the same as goods or other prop
Hickory GROVE, Ind.
It is his duty to collect the accounts, by suit If
he can. If not he can. in his discretion. sell
them at auction.
DELINQUENT TAX.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
If a person owns property and goes to pay the tax
and there is apparently no tax against the property,
can he afterwards, when the discovery of the error 10
made, oefompelled to pay the back taxi WIZ.
CITY.
It is the business of she buyer of property to
inform himself in regard to the taxes. He can
be made to pay.
THE LEvANT.
To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
What is meant by the Levantl K
City.
Levant means simply the East, though it is
generally confined in its use to the eastern parts
of the Mediterranean, as the coasts Of Egypt,
Syria and Asia Minor. The word is Italian. and
signifies 'rising," abiding to the sun rising in
the East.
CONY.
To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
What Is a conyg J.B.
| FRANKLIN, Ind.
Cony is the old English name for the rabbit
(not the hare The cony of Scripture is thought
to be a pachyderm animal, hyrax Svriacus. It
is small, feeble, timid and easily tanned. It's a
native of Syria, Arabia and Abyssinia.
GERMAN CARP.
To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
Who is the United States Fish Commissioner Does
he furnish German carp free of charge, or what is the
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