The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-04

deffre1. IL 3 md- fron ~ Indian
chj<f sf ffszx n1Gse uko rs oHcs
terror 70 liz soJagrars along rs boy
d<rs.
AMI ssxrsiaes . smoky rzter-n Hvxs
visited by the spnnizrfs In ISL when
/, tf,~ ,arsse xxs sjrsk heard 0f-
Ay4anzzx--nou ~ ~ 1cx q the
legislature pronounced ArkaEsax-
he- 4 sirn5lsr derivation with TIE
Ffeoxh prefix arr fxrk) meaning bow
OF b<nf fr1ns the great turn a the
river. tfse French having sestsef thsrs
IA le<5. Kansas - also called the
> xuu.tfe< state and :. Garden state
ar .sfsars1en a the West, = the 6rss BE-
rarse a the manner OF rs early ret-
tiemens after becoming part 81 the
rrrsusaie. and the last txc terazss OF
Iifs pro<Iszefisefess: quaint e AIS.
names. which. IS has been shown. u
shares with Illinois The Kansas
folks were sometimes called jay
lhawkerz.~ term used 70 designate
the sveqpsnx gsserilias who played an
important and tFcubissome part 10 INC
Ixte war. Arkansas Is popularity
kuown a. the I. Hear state. most
pr0taIav becauSe Of the former Fi<nts-
III rre~rrre OK bruin, while the peo-
IL are known a. foofhpieks, 10 play
| mi al,usiop 20 their use Of the bowie
KNIFE. often referred 70 Is 81 : Afkasi-
sas toothpsek-
Concerning the meaning Of the
word Kentucky there Is . division Oh
lopsnion- BIZ some II il held 20 f.e an
| Indian word meaning . at the head
of 4 river While by Others Il y pui
down n an epitomixef expression o.
the sentence, q dark and bloody
ground. This phrase,. too, y var,
ou-iy said 10 refer to the dark ana
bloody conflicts Of the first white sci
tier Nth their Indian foes. and TO the
fact that this was the grand battle
ground between the Northern and the
southern Indians A popular destg-
natspu cf Kentucky i the Corn
cracker State and that OF the people
1" Gorncrackers," poor white folks VINO
feed chiefly on corn.
Louisiana was a French province
or colony, rathcr--and 50 received rs
name after Louis XIV Of France II
l. also caiies. the Creole state and
q Pelican state" The first of these
names came from the French word
which originally meant one born "
1.-THE West Indies or America, bur "nscn
liz now accepted as meaning one born
near the tropics Of any color or WIZ
an admixture OF blood. The pelican
Ejaculation il derived from the pres,
elee OF that bird in the state coat-o'
arms. The Iouisianans are -ofHe
times genericaliy called creoies.
i Maine, IL l. said, gets its name from
|. the river Maine tMnnusl. though
| whether because OF some fanciet re,
semblance between the Penobscot and
the great German river. or because o.
some classic idea OF the early settlers
cannot be unhesitat;ngsy saii Inc
popular names OF Maine are the : Der,
der state. y because II runs mp 10 and
| Is nearly surrounded BY the British
possessi.sns: the Lumber state. be
lcause that, with granite quarrying
forms il chief industry; and the
+" Pine Tree state from its eoat-oi-
arms and seal. The people OF Name
have been nicknamed " foxes.
| MARYLAND was named IN honor Oh
Henrietta Maria, wife OF King Charles
LOT England, the original title being
Terra Maria Its popular name l.
1.-THE sold Line state" because OF IT
forming the boundary between the
| North and south. IT. people are nick
named crawfhumpers, though why
j. not known.
When the early eolonists settled nj
Plymouth. In Cape Cod bay, they
learned that above them was great
roaistead which the Indians called
Massachusetts. because IL was Dor
dcrcd hy green hiils.f A second col
ony was planted ON this bay and
grew 80 rapidly that when the two
we're united. in ft.g, they were
called the Province of Massachusetts.
The State Is still called the s0id Bay
State.
Michigan borders upon four great
Ilakes-Superior Michigan, Huron and
| Erie'--ani il II but natural that II
should lie called the Lake state. 2 II
al one time aboundcd with that glut
tououS mammal known as the woiyer-
inc. and so has been called the :. Vol
| VERNE state and its people g Woivcr-
lines The name Michigan Is Indian.
and signifies, according to some, a lake
country, and, according te others, .
weir for catching fish.
Minnesota is named alter the river
which was known to the Indians by
that name; the phrase IN their Ian
guage meaning white or cloudy wa
ter.H IL Is called the New England
III the West. from its bustling manu-
featuring spirit, and also the " Gopher
state" from the prevalence of these
little pests. The people are OCCASION
ally nieknamed Gophers."
| Mississippi il named after the great
river which runs through IL; the name
of that river being an Indian word
sigalfying great and long river. !" II
Is popularity spoken of Us the :" Bayou
ana .Mudcat state, The bayou being
the creeks or sluughs with which the
state ahounds, and mu6cats being the
local name OF catfish with which the
lbavouS abound. The MissiSsippians
themselves are sometimes known as
mudcats. and sill more occasionally
a. " tadpules.
Missouri i an Indian name signify
ing nudity river. which was the ma
tive description OF the great stream
which flows through Il. IL Is known
a. the . Ballion State aud Puke
STATE halt the origin OF these terms
does not seem to be clear
Nebraska, like SO many other States,
Is named alter it, principal river, and
that. like 50 naany other rivers. has re-
tanned It's Indian name. signitying
" shallow waters. Ii is recorded that
the people have been nicknamed =" Bug
eaters. possibly on account Of the hab-
it, OF the Indians inhab.ting tae eoan-
try
Nevada j. a spanish word signiiyine
snowy. and the state was 80 called he
canse 0f fhe mountains forming its
western boundary II has been nick
named abe $ Saeehrush state because
OF the generous quantity of that shrub
with which il is supplied. while the
people have as.en called sage Hens.
after bird that ha1nts the brush.
New Hampshire was one al the ihir-
teen original states that was settled by
the English puritans AT the place they
called Portsmouth,. and was according
~ naae,i New Hampshire. It's nick
nause is 'tiranite state. its mountain
Gus portions being largely composed of
granite
Just aS Connecticut is called the
| Muc-l.aw state" - New Jersey j.
Icaliesi Jersey Binc.' that j. because
81 il old i'r,Sby tcrian strictncss. The
people are eailed =" New Jersey kiueS, -
l Atit ~-AAtiEtt-ifS~ YAM ' @t+ESSrs W.
cause Is iavafiie pursuit. New Jer-
~cy "a Is named ia honor q , grantee.
Sar George ,artcret, az one time Cover
nor uf the island of Jersey
| In the case of New Work, the State
was named after the city, and tina, was
named in homer ~ the Duke ri York
and Albany stterward James IL. when
Governor >tayveSaut handed over New
| Amsterdam - the british Il i called