The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-09

ture, Sara-nac, Sara-ree, Saratoga, and
other Saras. Our word Saratoga-no enc
/ Questioning the fact that IL is native Anseri-
CANS precisely the same thing as the Rus
sian SaralOwka Sara-nika or Latin Sa-
ronica-like our Saranaeca-was the ancient
name Of the Egean Sea Sarabat and
Sarawak are in Asia and Saragossa is in
Spain.
Our name Washita, anciently written in
French Ouacbita, is strikingly like the
Polish name Ouchitza Another curious
name-whlch no one not verSed 10 such
matters would ever suppose had anything
like it elsewhere-is the Central African
lake name Ujijiji, every one of whose let
1 tiers except one requires the dot in writing.
I But Spain has an Uj-ji-jai, and South
America has the river Ju-ju-y. These are
all doubtless corruptions of an older
word
The Russian name Wolga, or Volga-
either one correct-has its analogy in the
Alabama river name Wolkee. The name
Yazoo of Mississippi is duplicated in YaEwa
OF Russia, and in YaZl OF Central Africa.
One name, Catawba-unQuestiona South
ern Indians precisely the same as the
Arabian name Kataba-this perhaps thou
sands Of years older than the American
word. Central Africa gives a duplicate in
Katiba. Central Africa has the river Mo-
nongah; in America we have the river name
Monongahela, with its dialectic sufix ''ela,"
the significance of which is unknown. Cen
trail Africa has also the Congo. In America
we have the Congaree, and also the Concho.
The word Ganga the true word for the
name Ganges) is a Hindu word for river.
Congo and Ganga are identities. Both
| Ganga and Konki are rivers in Asia.
Central Africa has the Lo- Wanda, or
| simply the river Wando," Lo given by
Stanley and Livingston as a term for river
| or water. We have Wanda, q river in
South Carolina. The Hindu language
shows that Wanda, ondo, hondo or fndoo
are all the samoan oriental term for deep
waters or the sea. The Spanish language
has hondo for lake. We have not only the
river name Wando, but there is In Central
America the name Honduras Ondo-rochi
this really Ondo-ri-was the Indian name
| of Lake George.
Africa has Ruauna; In Virginia we have
| Rivanna- Africa has Kariba: we have
| Csriba and Ceribbee. Africa hes Kyoga
we have CuyoRa and Cuyahoga and Kiokee,
all pure Indian words. Denmark has the
| same word written Kiogee. Africa has
Luri; we have Luray. and Europe has it
both Loo-ri and Lu-roo. ehave Tennessee,
or, as it was originally written, Tennssa |;
| Asia has Tenasssrim. Our word was the
| Indian name OF a river; TenasSarim has
| many rivers. Tekoa or Tocoa is in The
| Hebrew, Tokoi is in the Chinese. Tokay is
in Hungary, while Tocoa and Tuccoa are in
our Indian. Unaka Is in the Indian (the
word is found also as unacoD: unique Is in
| French. Our word for water, from the
German, Is seen In the Indian river name
| Wateree. The German river names WAR;
| We're and Werra) and English Wear are
| reproduced in the Indian Uwharrie Of North
| Carolina. Shoco and Socoh are in the He
brew, Sacosoco, Shochoe and Hoccoro are
in the Indian, while Socco is in the Italian
L l. T. D.
| Lena-pa and Lena wa are American, Lenai
is in the Sandwich Islands, and Lanho-
which is the same Things In China. Too
la is deep river in China; Tula Is q deep
| lake in California. Nara, or Mari, Is in
| America, in Russia, and in India-river
names The term as nara or mari is in
| many river or other water names all over
| the world. We have it in Narragausett,
| Narrawan is in Assyria and Narrawando is
in Africa. The double synonyms are seen
| in these names.
The term nachar, or nichar, Is Hebrew
| for river. We find it as Nichar, Niger, and
otherwise In river names in many places in
| the world. Our word Nicaragua shows it
with its Spanish suffix. We have the
name Chile; China has a Chee-lee, Chico
bea is in the FIJI islands, Chicapa Is in Mex
| leo, and Chicopee is in Massachusetts,. The
| term messa, W hich we see in our New Eng
land name originally applying to a water,
| the bay, is found in water nomenclature in
many languages. 1t is in the Hebrew c'the
waters of Massa and Meribah," Exodus
xvii, ~ MassacucoIi is lake in Italy and
Massarooney is river in South American
| Guiana.
Omega is in Russia, Oneida is in New
York. Russia has Ouon, New York has
Onondaga. Russia has tennessee, and New
York has Genessee. Sinu is in Germany
| Sinu and Sinew are in America and Simon
in Africa. Central Africa has Kanzoz-
| ola, while we have the word as Kansas.
| We have Utah and Eutaw. Italy has Uta,
| Russia Uuda and Coda and France Dude
! The writing in Germany is Oder In Italy
the name is AIDA. These are doubtless
| all the same thing etymologicaIly
as the old Sanscrit word for water uda OF
code, and the Siavonic woda.
| Many Sanscrit words for waters are seer
| in the Indian names for rivers-Apa, IDA
and Ogha being conspicuous. The Celtic
| term Ache is reproduced in the Indian river
| word Hatchie, the same as Italian Aci
| kusan corruptions are Ouchee, or as writ
ten in one Indian creek name, Uchee, and
| Oodse or Ouse, and yet Ousa and Ouse are
| given by au horities as old Anglo-Saxop
terms for water or rivers. There is an
| Oosa, a prehistoric river name in Russia
and there are scores of Doses and Ousas in
| the Indian names of waters. A volume
would not exhaust the long list Of the like
masses in the Indian river names to those
If the old world