The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-11

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sheets Of 4 volume ON "lhe South
ern Rivers :"
Alabama-The word Alabama i,
eaid 10 mean Here We rest" II
referred originally to the river, and
not 10 The State, The continent
was MOI known IN geographical di-
visions by the aburigines. Titles
of tribes and geographical lncali-
lies were known by The anne oil
The streams upon which the differ.
ent tribes dwelt.
1t has been discovered That The
aborieines OF The American cont.
nent used many words and terms
III their nomenclature that were
known in all the very Oldest Ian.
guages Of civilization. Numerous
Hebrews and Arabic words nre
seen in the Indians river omen
claturp. Curious testimony in sun.
port Of the fact is found IN the
names OF rivers of Alabama. The
word Alabama, as stated, is said 20
mean "Here We rest" The word
is said 10 have been a prayer. or
exclamation, to the Great Spirit
from oppressed people fleeing
Southwark from Northern foes.
Arabic people in all ages have
called upon Allah. their God, in
hours OF distress. Bauma is a very
old wold. Signifying anything that
heals, soolhes or delights balm
III It's modern expression. The tu-
eillves are said To have found resi-
on The banks Of the Alabama. So
The VOID may have been an appeal
To Allah to give balm.
Tehnessee-"Sucking, tumbling"
referring to localities or places |
III the Tennessee known as "sucky,'
along The Muscle Shoals in this
State, where The current satthes |
and boils anc tumbles in fury along
lis journey 0verthe immerse lime.
stone lodges In The bed of the river.
The sucks are source Of dread 10
the boatmen on the river. The
name, Tennessee is not lure In.
dlan--lI is a Ianciful version of the
old name, Tenassa, which applied
to one OF the tributaries, now the
Little Tennessee. The river was
kn0a TO The Cherokee Indians as
The Chalaqua. or the raging. boil
ing wafer, This referring. doubtless,
to places in The river now called
by boalmen The Boiling Pot"
The river now known as Big
w Warrior was originally known a.
The Tuscaloosa in the Indian
tongue. The great chief of the
Tuscaloosa Irbe was defeated Ly
ID Soto on the banks Of this stream.
He was Callel bv the white Euro
pean, The Black War1cr," hence
The modern name. This name,
| tuscaloosa, contains two old words,
words whose histories run back
housdndS Of years. OJsa is a word
or river found in HE Oldest Anglo.
Ii is a known corruption
II an older word found il Hebrew
IS ASA, meaning water. Iusca
vas the ancleai name of lie C1uu-
ry now called Tuscany. The term
: found originally in The nomen-
Iaiure OF The Aburig,uees OF this
ointment only along a certain belt
! latitude stretching westWardll
cross the United States from the
hores Of The Atlantic where the
Id TuscaroraS had their hunting
rounds, Ia what Is now AriZuna,
here we find it in Tuscan in the
panlsh garb Of Tucson. The term
is supposed to have been --
lanled or grated into the nome
by the very earliest eXl To-
rs as a testimonial, or in remem.
of the fatheriand. From E
mes lnmemorial migrating PEG
.e have lelt in the nomenclaiure
the countries visited some testi.
onlal OF their place al birth The
DRY Of French and Spanish ana
occupancy in America is n
adiiv told in the geographical
'menclature left by the earliest
-
Iombeckbee-lhe true In1ian -
Of the rlver now called Tom >
8
Iallapoosa means muddy water. :
e see in this name The same old
lglo-SaXon word for water-r,v. i
oOsa. ITALIA" is a Latin word q
earth, the equivalent of terra. .
in Indian is said to -
owl-relerring 10 the chat. 81
ing of the screech owl. Ooga, -
cha, or ogha, is IN the Sanscril II
l@uage, a word for river waters.
r word ocean comes from This e
M, through The Greek iransla- Sc
II. The Latin aqua and Celtic Oh.
IA are synonymous or equiva. EE
is. The word acha is found in EE
lrly a hundred river names in El4
Indian tougne-aS in Butla. ~
cha, Clroctawhdtchie, etc, 1t z i
: known 20 signify river IN the
The term is found as PIE.
SufhX and alone, as in the name
chic Of Mississippi and Tennes. = ,
u'iahatchie-lf The men who
led the waters OF the continent
any knowledge of Allah, they
had Knowledge also OF
lha. The term is not found
where in The Indian.
scalawpa-IhiS is The Indian
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