The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-09-15
NAMES FROM INDIANS
THEY ARE ATTACHED TO AMERICAN
LAKES, RIVERS AND TOWNS.

THEY ARE ATTACHED TO AMERICAN |
LAKES, RIVERS AND TOWNS.
Some Interesting Information Conee rning
Their origin They Contain Curious hits
of Native Thought or Fancy, History or
Tradition.
just ms the history of Celtic, Roman,
Saxon. Dane and Norman occupation is
marked in England by tho geographical
names that these various peoples have
left SO in our own country tho many
Indian names of rivers, lakes, noun
tains, districts and towns remnin per
manent witness. independent of written
possessed tho land before us.
Here, rs in other parts Of tho world,
Language adhores to the soil when the
lips that spoke it have been resolved in
to dust. Mountains repeat and rivers
murmur tho voices of nations donation
allied or extirpatod in their own land"
Tho Indian names that dot tho map of
America arc full of meaning. Many of
them. when translated, are found ITO
contain curious bits of native thought
or fancy, history or tradition. Some,
like niagara and Oregon. nro so euphoni-
Gus that they easily lend themselves to
tho uses of tho poot. Others, such Ms
ELECTROMAGNETIC, Mollichunkamunk,
Weliokenepaoook, nro as savage rs were
tho people that originated them.
Indian geographical names aro very
similar i'll origin to their personal
names Tho Dakota Indians of tho
present day havo applied to General
Crook tho name Wi can hpi ynmni
(Threo Stars), in nllusion to the stars
ON the shoulder strap of II general uni
form, and tho cue suggests tho namo by
which the Chinese are known to them
Pe.co kan yam han ska (soalp lock-
This Same quality of poetic descrip-
tiyeness il seen III most of their local
and their river names Modern explorers
and geographers often apply personal
names to natural objects, and thus we
have Mount Hood, Pixies peak, tho Mae
ken2io river, Hudson bay and many
others. Tho Indians never did this,
though sometimes they gave their tribal
names To rivers near which they lived.
The Hudson river was known to tho In
dams of New York NJ Mohicanittuck,
the river of the Mohicans and the ma
tive name of the Delaware WAS Lena
pewihittuek tho river of the Lcnape,
or Dolawarcs.
Tho Assiniboin Indians of Canada
have left their namo To province, IL
river and town. Tho word means
'stono people, and isof no Significance
until Wo learn that this tribe, unlike
the other Indians, made no clay pot
terry, but boiled their food by placing
redhot stones III waterproof vessels of
bark Ghippeway, pointed skins, il II
namo that refers to tho peculiar way in
which these Indians wore their skin
robes, the points hanging down behind
and before. Eskimo is an Algonkin
| word meaning eaters of raw flesh. Zu-
nj, tho people of tho long nails, alludes
to the fnct that the medicine mon Of
! this pueblo always wore their nails
| Ig
A South Carolina river which now
bears tho prosaic namo of Broad, was
known to tho Indians M Eswawpudde-
nah, the dividing river, after bloody
baltic which mudo this stream the di-
vidinR limo between the Catawbas and
the CherolIecs. Tho name Piscatawny
has much tho Same meaning. DEVILS
lake, in North Dakota, il still known
To tho Indians IA Minnewaukan, the
mysterious water They say that in II
terrible battle fought on it's banks many
years ago the contending, warriors, M
they slow each other. pitched tho dead
over tho precipioe into tre deep water
until very few were left. Since then
mysterious sounds arc heard IN tho
neighborhood. and tho Indians will mel
thor drink tho water nor eat fish that
arc taken from it,
Geniseo or Geniseo means beautiful
valley; Onondaga, on the,hills; Canaan.
daigua, place chosen for n settlement;
Omaha, to 90 againstthe, current; At
tacapau, man eaters; Chithnacha { La },
they possess cooking vessels; hthapas-
ca, place of hay and reeds; Yankton,
end village; Sssoton, Avillago; Owato
ma, straight; Waseca, rich. Winona,
little daughter Ga town(in Wineonsin),
perpetuates tho name Of tan Indian girl
who. being disappointedA in love, east
herself into Lake Pepintfrom point
called Maiden rock and was drowned.
Tho Same story, but without the name,
appears in many other Lovers Leaps
i'll various parts Of our country,
Kanawha is descriptive name mean
a.
hequa, tho place Of big white oaks.
Wabasha means red battle standard.
Passamaquoddy is an Indian word for
pollock fish Shamoltin means the place
Of the chief South Carolina was known
TO the Indians us Clucola, tho place Of
foxes. Tho Delaware Indians called
eastern Pennsylvania Winakaking sas-
safras land.
The names OF about half Of the states
and territories of tho Union are of In
dian origin Alaska means the great
land; Alabama, here we rest Arkansas.
bow ON the smoky water; Connecticut,
long river; Dakota, friendly; Idaho,
gem Of tho mountains; Illinois, the
men; Iowa, drowsy ones; Kansas,
smoky water; Kentucky. ut the head
| of the river; Massachusetts. tho place
of great trees; Michigan. u fish weir;
Minnesota. whitsh water; Mississippi,
great river; Missouri, great muddy
| (river); Nebraska. shallow water; Ohio,
beautiful (riyer); Oklahoma, red people,
or beautiful land; Oregon, great river
of the west; Tennessee, river OF tho
great bend; Texas, friendly; Utah,
jewellers In tho mountains; Wisconsin,
wild rushing river; Wyoming, broad
plains. John Hawkins in Philadelphia
Times.
Conducive TO Length Of Days.
Longevity must be a very healthy