The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-26

obtains its name from man OF that
name, who lived on i for long time
Ii was originally called Wappatoo
island, Lewis and Clarke being the first
writers who gave il that name. Wap-
patoo is the name Of an esculent root.
I which was much used BY the Indians.
and which grew there IN abundance.
| Wasco means a basin, from the
| basin-like locks which have been worn
at the Dalles BY the water. The dishes
of the Indians made from the horns
OF the mountain goat were called by
| the same name. There is an Indian
tradition about a man and his wife,
/ between whom there was trouble.
whereupon the woman left him and
their child. Thereupon, in his sad
ness. il Is said that he went there and
| hammered out the basins in the rocks;
I though they were really made by the
water.
UmstiIla is from the Indian word
U-a-tal-la, which means, The sand
I blew bare IN heaps" because the wind
| blows the sand there 50 that it Is bare
| in places, while by the side of these
| places il il in heaps and ridges. II Is
written U-ail-a BIZ II. Fl. Spalding.
Umatalla by W. Irving. UmataIlow by
! 4. Ross and Youmslolam by Lewis
and Clarke.
siskivou is a Chinook jargon word,
originally from the Cree language, and
means "bob-tailed horse" II was APP
Piled 10 the mountains between Ore
g0n and California because that in
iS2s. Mr.. 4. r. Mcleod OF the Had-
sons Bay Company. while crossing
the mountains with pack-train, was
oyertaken By q snow storm, in which
| he lost most OF his horses, including
one noted bob-tailed race horse.
Hence his Canadian followers named
| the place the Pass OF the SiskiFol,"
name which afterwards extended to
| the whole range and adjoining district.
Willamette. The discussion IN Ore
gon several years ago showed quite
plainly that the proper name was Wal
! laInet and that il was Of Indian
origin. There is a tradition that some
OF the Indians OF the Wailamet valley
were separated from the Nez Perez
| Indians, and Mr.. +. +. Whitman SAYS
that after he had learned to talk the
Nez Perez language he found himself
able to talk with the Tualatin Indians
| OF the Wallamet with very little diff
Guilty Hence he believes that the root
of the word Waliamet is the same a.
AliAA va AHA W tAA3eA eAhttt w ara
10 be the Nez Perez word "walat>a"
which means running" and when
applied to water means running
water" According to Mrs. F. F.
Victor, in the lang age of the Indians
west of the Cascades, "whah' means
| teoier and "wah" 10 spell.
According to Mr.. ;. A. Clarke, for
merly the Indians on both sides of the
Wallamet, ali of them being Gala
pooias, had many q war, but that
sometimes wiser counsels prevailed,
and they settled their difficulties in
peaceful way. or when they were COM
pietely worried out by their battles,
| they met for treaty of peace. When
| they did so they met on the banks OF
the great river and made up their diff
ferences, and that hence the name
Waliamet means river of peace"
Chemawa. Marion county, according
to K. II. Lee, means our old home"
Chemeketa, the Indian name OF
Salem, and the present name of
prominent hotel there, means the
same as Chemawa according 10 5. 4.
Clarke, but according to III. Lang,
author of a history Of the Wallamet
valley, it means ''gravelly."
Multnomah was originally the name
of an Indian village on Sauvie' island,
and was given as a name to the Wal
lamet river by Lewis and Clarke. as
they supposed that it was the name of
the river instead of that OF the village.
Long Tom, the name of a stream in
the willamette valley, is a corruption
OF the word Lung tum-ler, the Indian
| name OF the stream.
OTHER NAMES N OREGON.
John Days river was named after
John Day, Nirginian and noted
hunter OF Astor's expedition who
came across the continent in ISl01I.
with w. 7. Hunt, one of the partners
OF that company. Before he reached
Astoria he suffered terribly from star
walton and was found in a starving
condition near the mouth of that
river. He subsequently became de-
ranged and died at Astoria.
Malheur is OF French origin and was
given to that riyersby the Canadians
OF the HudSon's Bay Company. 1t
means the ill-iortuue river"
La Coguiile. Coos county, is also of
French origin, and means the she'll"
Riekreal. Polk county, is a coFrup-
| ton OF La Creole (Frenchl meaning
| the Creole
Luckiamute is a corruption OF La
Cama>-" the Camas.'
Jump oH-Joe, the name of a stream
in Southern Oregon received its name
from the trapper, Mcleod, who led
the first white expedition overland 70
| California in 1882 They camped one
| night on this stream, but Joe McLough-
| lin. who was out hunting did not come
| in till after dark, and, not knowing
| that the camp was IN a bluff. he step
ped over the edge OF il in the dark
| ness, and fell quite distance below.
| He received injuries that could not I've
cured, and died in few years, but
| from this circumstance the creek re
| ceived it, name.
| Rogue river was so called because OF
! the Wickedness Of the Indians OF that
| part OF the country who. when the
( caravans of the Hudson Bay Com
pany were on their way 10 and from
! Cali oruia, often attacked them, steal
| ing mules and goods, and killing men
and mules Hence they were callei
! C"Ttias in French and Rogues IL
/ English.
NANEs Is IDAHO.
| Idaho means " gem OF the moan
/ tains 70 Is Indian.
Pend Oreiile J. of French origin,
ana means the hanging from the
ear. Il was given by the Hudson
Bay Company go those lndians be-
I cause they wore hong ear pendants.
CUur Is Aleue IS iisesi-e of French
oT.Lin. siguitc~ the heart OF an awl, q"
ai.I Was also given by the Hudson Bay
Company 20 that tribe, rs they were
sharper, ju ;ra ie. 50 that the traders
~sid among them selves, Look out.
,hcy A. ill pierre on.
Me- PIERCE is also French ard means
"p.trerd nose" though Nhy &c was
given 90 that tribe has been a @ les
ton, as acme 81 the tribe, except their
-i4ve> pierce their noses. and wore
tie ha-qua OF GentsleGm shell. their
ol3 money and ornaments. in them.
+ Possibly however tAi- Popularity in
the slaves attracted the attention %.
the early vofaECrS and gave them
tHelf name. - ile Fiathelds sid not
4 4ttc0 their hell~ Other say that
Ne ec~e-@ was given to them as a
name because t1eir country WIS
mountainous 8Ud ri3ced Ike 4 nose.
though that would not account far the
wuTI pierced while the country o:
ths FlAtheat> vs. more level and Tat.
>tifi Others say these names were thus
gwen because an the sign language.
" ht-a these Indians u.e, the sign Tor
tAe Nez Perrc tribe Is made front Of
the face H-tth Rua tfre-a~ "a EFl, III