The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-02-27

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tifst me aie n ths iabdfali N John
Ahni ln lpf ssr1Hd ihe sflr n ~
lnn Nrrumbcra N ne French on NJ
ANS - ihe river hehfing Che sam
Iauie and " the Indian srfflemnrt
n'af ihr fofi-ihr agency N Tbe,et
And nraf II ihr Norumbega a Ala
i1nscr, visited In 1859 Nv M aaIlor m.
gram and bis companion. III the mn.
fortunate expedition II sir John Ilaw.
kins ~
The first Pref Horsford places At
salem. which !. therefore tho 9rst noln,
y me American continent touched by
Europeans Columbus having reached
nothing bat ISLAND. until after thai films
The site Of The old French fort i In the
immediate vicinity of Boston. being IN
we town Of Weston NJ the point WHORE
stony brook cmpiies into Charles river
Irni horsiofd was led to the conclnsion
ihnt this must be- the site where tho ala
tort stood, and therefore concluded m
iit" q look 1t tie locality. He. tbcre.
iore drove ont from Cambridge with a
friend through a region which he had
never before visited. and OF which he
kne" nothing. except a. indicated on
The maps, and there he indeed found
the remains Of the fort.
The research has involved n grea,
amount Of geographical and historical
wei as pathological study. A vain.
collection Of rare old maps; has
'een accumulated, and old unpublished
manuscripts have been examined. some
y which were in the great collections
y The public library at Paris. where
'rof. Horsford had copies made for him.
In the present article, Prof. Horsford
outlines the direction. method
ma results Of his studies, proposing TO
mbody the matter in more elaborate
hape later On. 1t is held that Norum- |
ega was y name which John Cabot
back with him. and did not be.
low, but found. 1t was natural Thai II /
hould have been inferred bv him ~ ho
he particular name Of a certain locality
notion which, as Prof. Horsford saws.
students alike have inherited. and f,
men a obsctired research in regard :
the landtall from that day to This,
:. Trumbull, the great authority. has
plhted out that each Indian geogranh. h
~ name was descriptive Of the place 81
winch 1t was affixed. Therefore tho o
- thlng to be found out was what .,
orumbega means. This Is ingeniouslv =
ne " tracing the word throughout v
ew England in lis various modiica. 81
ms IN the several Algonquin dialects. a
"a noting the Typographical features RI
lhe places to which It is applied. On I
ahclng at the Indian names as he had /,
ranged them in columns against their ~ ~
'peetlve ATTITUDES along the outline ne =
ven IN the chart OF the United States d
ast survey from the st. Lawrence IN to
ing Island Sound he remarked \ striL. ht
: popularity. The names grew easier IL
%utterance as one moved south. al
Ird. For instance. Quebec ON to
; st. Lawrence, became Ahaue. Al
cue on Long Island. "As n moved
inward from Il region wherethe con. IN
ions OF living We're hard to where tLt
y were less exacting. from the region sh
ere HE was a perpetual struggle 10 n at
non where there was relative 1eisure. an
ere there were more extended MANN In
lures (wampum), more commerce he
rs), o decoration-th names du
anne softer-as they become softer ma VIZ
goes from Norway southwark 10 tn
" or Spain.n VIZ
'anmkeag, or Nahumbeak. "a ,ho tn
Indian name OF Salem. II Grs, by
uts IN the record Of Captain John
and is the only name between ma
Merrimac and the Charles that al APP
suggests Norumbega. The name h no
TO mean water without current. thi
: ON The coast would be applied to n un
or harbor. Analyzed, Nahum ma
X Is found to mean divided bay.n tru
'diyider Of the bay." according al on
,ppiied 10 land or water. II would SIN
" to Salem Neck, which divides tho sic
OF the North and South rivers ha'
lily so-called. the
nc description Of all tho early yoy.
r, when compared with their charts go
their references to tides. ATTITUDES Is !
all point to this place as the landfaI bal
ohm Cabot, whose sailing directions bra
. naturally followed by those who rec
g after him. no
Is known that the early French toe
ayers all established n trading town frol
hese shores. where beaver and other tiof
were found In great abundance. DIRE
all the descriptions thereof accorded tina
the point on Charles river above the
and which appears to be the
irmed by Prof. Horsford's remarka- one
discovery Of the remains Of the old FOO,
The article Is accompanied by A ing
Of the place, made from a survey hor'
engineer Of the Cambridge wa YER,
works, whose great new reservoir blsc
Stony brook, close BY. This nlan NJ
aims the description Of Thevet. In trail
nd to the ditch and general fes- givi
This ditch. which took Its water ing.
Stony brook, Prof. Horsford the
a was known to the proprietor met
eoyhood, who supposed Ii had sheil
Tor purposes OF irrigation. But. al
the propvrtv had ha.n 4. Ii. not