Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-16


Wind" The river was named after an
Indian chief.
The kentucky river was first named
the Lousia, in honor of the Duchess Of
Cumberland.
The Indians called the Des Moines riv-
err the Inyanshob-sh ahwopka, "River of
Red Stones"
Keweenaw Point, in Michigan, was so
called by the Indians. The word means
"A Portage"
Cape Hatteras took its name from that
of tribe of Indians who lived in the
neighborhood.
Ocklowaha means muddy Place. =
The name was given by the Seminoles to
Florida river.
The st. Croix river. in Maine, was
named from the cross made by two rivers
at its mouth.
The translation of Potomac is "Place
of the Burning Pine an allusion to a
grand council.
La Rigolets, IN Louisiana, were orig-
nally Les Rigolets de Bon Dieu, "Straits
of the Good Cod
Cape Cod was named from an album
dance of these fish. The Indian name
was Tamwock, Goldfish.
/ Qunsigamond, the came of a Massa-
chusetts lake, signifies "Good Fishing
Place.for Pickerel."
The Atchalafaya river, in Louisiana,
was so named from two Indian words,
meaning Long River.
The Conemaugh river, Pennsylvania,
was named by the Indians. The word
means "Otter Creek"
The Pend d Orielle lake, in Idaho,
took its name from its shape, which re-
sembles that of an earring.
Yazoo means "River of Death, an al
fusion to the malaral diseases generally
prevalent along its banks,
Cayuga lake, in New York, was so
named from an Indian word meaning
"Lake of the Murky Land"
The Brazos river, in Texas, was called
by the Spaniards Rio Brazo de Dois,
"Rlver of the Arm of Cod"
The Mississquoi, in Vermont, took its
name from the abundance of waterfowl.
| The word means "many ducks"
The Appalachicola river, in Florida,
was so called because an Indian town of
similar name once stood on its bank.
Neversink, the name of New York
river, is corruption of Ne-wa-sink, an
Indian word meaning Mad River"
Cape Mendocino, in California. took its
name from that of Spanish viceroy
The name was given in 1912 by CaDrillO.
Matanzas inlet, Florida, was named by
MenendeZ to commemorate his victory
over Ribout. The word means "massa-
ere
The name of Lake Ontario was first
noted as Skanodairo, Beautiful Lake.
1t was also, at various times and by diff
ferent men, denominated Lac de Fonte-
nae, Lac de Iroquois, and Lac de st.
Louis. The Mohawks called it Caindar-
acqui.
Lamoille river, in Vermont, was at
first called La Monette, 1.-THE seagLll,
from the great abundance of these birds.
The Colorado river took its name from
the color of its waters, the Spanish word
meaning red. 1t is muddy only at high
water.
The Blackstone river, of Rhode Island,
was named in honor of William Black
stone, an Episcopal minister and early
settler.
The Chippewa river was named from
the Indian tribe. The Indian designa-
ton was Mayawaken, "The Mysterious
Stream"
Minnehaha means 'laughing water.
Thel Indian word is Minnerara, the
Frenchman Hennepin having mistaken
the sound.
Blackwell's island was named from
james Blackwell, its former owner. The
Indians call it Minnehannock, the sis
land place"
The Big Sandy. in Kentucky, took its
English name from its sandbars. The
Indians called it the Chatteroi, meaning
"the sandy river"
Point Comfort was named by the first
colonist in 1907. The name was be-
slowed on account of the good channel
and safe anchorage.
Cape Lookout is said to have been thus
named by sea captains, who, when they
saw it, began to look out for Cape Hat.
teras and its storms.
Cape Canaveral, IN Florida, was named
by the Spaniards from the abundance OF
flowers IN the vicinity. The name
means Gland of the Rose Tree
Governors island, in New York har
Dor, was so called in honor of the re-
doubtable Governor Wouter Van Twill
Ter, immortalized by Washington Irv
ing.
Lake Champlain took its name from
its discoverer, Samuel de Champlain
The Indian name was Canaderi-G uarun
te, the door of the Country