Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-26

oe no doubt. Parkman, the historian
was 10 possession " several enrlv n,srs
lnaee a. lar back as 1879, 1875 and Ie7t
On Wnich The river IA panty called ~,
Vh'o, sud on Que OF them there q owe,
tue liver, rs delineated, the iuscrln,,or
written 10 Freuch: ar yer Ohio
go called by tie Iroquois ON AZ
eouot OF Its beauty, which tho
sleur de 10 Sale descen "a -
out some well-versed scholars ssv
mat the Iroquois has no word OF that slr.
nihcatlon from which "Ohlon can ne
formed. Hrckeweldtr furnishes 4 num.
per OF Delaware words from which n
might have come, ard gives preferences 10
onluphanne, or obiopeckhenne, sianiHv.
lhg very White stream" or uyery ce.n
ana white stream" the water at times
oelng covered with whlte-caps and very
uetp' Again, Co. John johnson, for
many years United States Indian SRent.
states that the Wyandots called the
sIeaih ohezuh, denoting great" or
grand" aud used II as an ox-
ciAmatloh while padding their ca.
may have changed this word 10 Ohio snd
credited It TO the hoquois, the wyandot
being only a dialect oi that tonene. AZ
La Belle rivlere the French knew IL. but
It is quite certain that Ohio has no sreh
meaning. 1.-THE Buckeye Staten and
buckeyes" are familiar terms, and have
their origin from the general use that
was at nrSt made by the early settlers of
tne buckeye tree which Is peculiar to
OHIO soil.
Is from the Spanish egones, denotinp
"Big Ears" a term applied to the esrly
people OF Oregon, whose ears are said ia
nave been large and greatly distorted, or
from Oregsno (wild sage) which Ia
found there In great abundance. III.
the state % "Big EArs,n and has ,,IIAra
Cases" for residents.
PENNsY .vANIA,
or the "WoodlAnGs of Penn.u Let Penn
himself tell how IL happened, which no
does In letter dated lnuary 8, 1851
'rhis day, after many waitings, watcn.
ings, solicitings and disputes In council,
my country was confirmed To me under
the great seal Of England, with large
powers aud privileges, by the name OF
Ponnsylvanla, name the king would
give IL in favor OF my father
chose New Wales, being billy
country; and when the secre.
tary, Wechman, refused to call
II New W lis, | proposed Sylvanla, and
they added Penn 10 it, though was muen
opposed to it, and went to the king to
have II struck out. He said II was passed
aud he would take 1t upon him; nor could
twenty gulneas move the under.secretafy
to vary the name, for feared IL might be |
looked on a. vanity in me, ami not as a |
respect In the king TO my father, as IL |
really vas" The Quaker was right, for |
II IL fhn alrunaf
state was named for It's owner.
"The Keystone State" is a modification |
OF tine Keystone OF the Federal
Arch" the expression originating from
the central position the state occupies
among the original thirteen--slx being TO
the north and east and the other six 10
the south and west of IL. Should they
be arranged In the form OF an arch, each
state representing block of stone,
Pennsylvania would be the keystone
The people are nicknamsd "Leath-r-
heads.n
RHODE ISLAND
owes Its name 10 the Isle OF Rhodes
(roses) In the Mediterranean sea, which it
Is said 10 resemble, and Its size Gives II
the sobrquet OF "Little Rhody" The
natives are "Gunfllnts" Of the old regula.
tion stamp
SOUTH CAROLINA
was christened for the same monarch as
was it's twin sister, North Carolina. It's
coat-of arms contains palmetto tree,
hence II is called "The Palmetto State,,'
while It is peopled by "Weasels."
TENNESSEE.
Called SO from it's leading stream. The
sweeping course the river takes in it's ,
course SHOWS how flttingly 1t was named 5
by the Indians, for the word Implies that
L is the "Rlver OF the Biz Bend.n Whim. !
,ically 1t is "The Big Bend State" aud I
ts Inhabitants are "Cotton-mains" or !,
'Whelps."
TEXAS.
Las Texas was the name given by the !,
hexlcans TO small tribe OF friendly Ia. :
iians whose hunting grounds were in the :
EASTERN part Of their country before Texas
eparated from a. Texas slgnlhps ),
Friends" and the change 10 its present !,
urm OF polling was made by Americans I,
rs cUat-of-arms bears sinale star, which =
.auses 1t to be known as "Tae Lone Star Z
tate" and as cattle raising IS the msin :,
occupation OF the people they are nick .
FAMED "Bsef Heads y
VERMONT
sEe combination OF the two French words -
ert, dcnoting "green," and montauge,
mountains" which not only properly
describes q large portion OF the surface OF o.
be state, but furnish the soDriquets :,
The Green Mountain State and !,
Green Mountain Boys" #
VIRGINIA a
The "Virgin Queen" OF English history, n
,lizabetn, is honoIed here. Because she :,
as furnished six presidents, in ludlng Il
harrison, who was born ia Virginia, she :,
called the "Mother Of Presidents,n y
lSo 1.-THE Mother Of States" having d
cen the first one settled Of the original =
irteen. It's most popular title, how d
yer, is "The Old Dominion the origin 4
I which Is thus explained by Ylrginian n
isto ian, IL. II. Grigsby: "In Capt John Il,
mIh's History OF Virgins, ediiion OF :,
529, there is map Of the settlements OF IN
'irginia, which at that time included New n
ngiand, as every other part Of the Brit lie
b settlements in America. He there
alls our present Virginia, could Vtr- II
inla,n the word "old" being so spelt at II
lat time, 10 contradistinction TO the M
ew England colony, which is called
ew Virginia" Here, then, we have d,
lie word "ould," the distinctive an
ord OF the title. Now we knew ia
TAT from the settlement Of the 10
oloDy 20 the revolution, every act Oi
every letter Of the king to al
le governor, al ways designated Virginia 40
: the "COlOny and Dominion" OF Yir- "
inia. Here is found the other word OF
nd the change in common talk from et
Ould Virginia" to "Old Dominion" was Ne
4sy, imperceptible, and almost merit IN
al, fphn Virptttang are cnlled