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

P"'Np "idHhN uiolllltu VII us DdnkS III
the early days The Dutch name for
brandy is braud-wiin, or burnt wine.
Fin" Columbia river was named after
the Boston shin, Columbia, hv her cap
tain, Ronrrt Gray, in l7SS. The Span
iard~ called the stream Rio de st. Rogue
The Cumberland mountains were thus
called in honor of the Duke of Cumbpr-
land. The Indians called the North
Carolina section of the mountains the
Wasoto.
Cape llenlOpen. Delaware, was named
from n Dutch expression, en- lofen, to
run in. meaning the entrance to har-
Dor. 1t was first called Cape Cornelius,
after Dutch admiral.
Sciota means "llairy Stream" In
early days, the waters of this and other
streams often contained deers hairs
at the season when these animals were
shedding and frequently took to the
water.
Cooper river, South Carolina, was
named in honor of Sir Anthony Ashley
Cooper, afterward the famous Earl of
Shaftesbury. lie was one of the origi-
nal charter members of the company.
The Pearl river. il Mississippi, is
named from translation of the Indian
name Talachatche, meaning the River
of Pearls 1t is said that pearl oysters
were formerly found in its waters.
Borgne, the name of "A Louisiana lake.
is French word, meaning "blind of one
eye The name was applied to the
lake because of wonderful monster
said to have been seen in its waters.
The Aleutian Islands were so called
from the River Olutora. in kamchatka
The people living at the mouth of this
stream were called Alutorsky, and a
modification of the name was given to
the islands.
Lake George was called after the see
ond English king of that name. 1t was
also designated Lac st. Sacrement. by
Pere Isaac Jacques, while the Mohicans
called it Andiataroete, place where the
Lake Closes"
Cape Ann, in Massachusetts, was so
called from Anne of Denmark, queen of
james |. Captain John Smith original
ly named the cape Trae abizanda, from
a Turkish lady to whom he had been
greatly attached.
Lake Erie was named by the Iroquois
Erile. from fierce tribe living on its
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lake, and on various old maps it appears
Lac de Comfy, Lac Herrie, Lac Erie
Lac Erocoise, or Eriez.
The Rocky mountains were first called
Montagnes de Pierres Briliantes, "Moun-
tains of Sparkling Stones;" then came
Montagnes Rocheuses, and finally the
designation now in common use. The
Indians called them "The Crest of the
World"
Adirondack was nickname applied
by the Iroquois Indians TO their enc
mics, the Agonquins. The name
means "people who eat tree bark" The
territory now known as the Adiron-
dacks was called by the Indians Cough
sarage, 1.-THE Dismal Wilderness"
Missouri is compound of two Indian
words, meaning great yellow water"
The Dakotas called it Minneshosha,
muddy water" Marquette gives it as
Wemesouret; ThevenOt calls it Ou-mis-
souri,. The Algonquins knew it as the
Pekitanoni.
Oneida was the name of an Indian
tribe. The word means the ''People of
the Beacon Stone,' there being "A tradi-
ton that in all their wanderings they
were followed by Il certain great stone
that took up its station on the highest
hill IN the nelghborhood.
Niagara is ii corruption of the Seneca
word Neagara, meaning across the
neck, an allusion to the strip of land be-
tween the lakes. The name has been
subjected to many changes since the dis
covery of the cataract, more than 80 diff
ferent readings being round in the writ
ings of the various early explorers and
geographers.
Sebe, Father of Waters" 1t was first
spelled MIsisipi by Talbot, a Jesuit eX-
plorer, and one cOnsOnant after another
has been since added until it is now
loaded down. The Choctaws called il
"the Long River" the Illinois Indians
knew it as the Great Fish River" on
old maps it is designated at la Grande
Riviere, Riviere Conception, Riviere
Baude, Fleuve st. Louis, Rio del
Esperitu Santo, Rio Escondido and
many other names. The Indian tribes
| that lived on its banks named different
sections to please themselves, and it is
said that from It's source to its mouth II
was original called by more than LOG
names. Some philologists doubt the
correctness of the TRANSACTIONS given
above and commonly received, and think
the original word means sail the rivers
of the earth"