New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-23
PICTURESQUE PLACE NAMES.
ALSO SOME THAT ARE MORE BIZARRE THAN
PICTURESQUE.

From The Boston Transcript.
indian names have probably been more semsra
,aaned in the Eastern sections OF this ooaoiy
lhan Elsewhere In England their baooks and
h app ssner to S'i the INST rst settlers
have informed themselves from '"e ''N
the names nT OF Of the map Of Massachusetts reveals
hundreds OF interesting FIN nnsent 'rommonweatE
tsof IS one s Comparatively few sa ia s5 OF case
o ,u' The Blue Hills of Milton just to the SCUM ,s o.
boston and meaning the pace D; w Wassssrhusetts
srn full of interest Many Of them are H ,ndn.
monlv picturesque are charmngy ions of
anu nan,s and vowels, unmanageabe TO me vi,
wonted tongue. Perhaps tneS ~ou, their mean
ng The meanings. indeed. are known ioca n63uid
moi generally in NAM ny, bnrae research with the
bep Of various dictionaries OF the " ,bem
tongue. ascertain the me mean * 81 The State where
the most formidable Indian names are a TO
Bp there oas ge sS cream of f To the State
that score. For " -breakinp 9,,,nsamauk in
be iown of Webster would be hard for any
person not of the Which with its seven
Prem ntters might be awarded place OF h% om
German vocabulary a sc"ond 0ther IMPOSING
namSs are those Of Catacoonamnc Brook IN Worces
,er Count arks Pond in Dukes county She
matrescocant River in Plymou.m c;tii iii in
Mariborough Uncahewalnnk PONG ud N Comn
County Unquetenassse,t br 90 NRehoboih and Wolo-
ma aImpost eauaiy Impressive many OF the foi
iccted from scores OF aborigna designoIs Um I'm in
Rsapdnr Stoneham and Winches'er Annasnappd'
Brook in Plymp1on Annu nartmouih Asnabunskii
Eli pond and brook in paSon an1 anS S'p Hanson
snppi village end GDnpP vmoHth County Ancouch
Pond in Cav Head Baddacook Pond IN oro,o '
apamonk RveT IN p6ini nsnd arSo in Famouih
Chappaqniddck lsiano 1'beni1aouet Lake in Barn
Stable chockalog Pond in uxbridge ch9eh pa"d
wick Lake In North AndHyer amn and river in
r. FaIi River. Coskata Pond in Nanucket oTan, a,
at nSss COUNTY, Deonkook Mountain in stockbrdse
ISnkonet Brook in Iiisiied Honomoc9 eNenhckon
vlsge in c6ilmark Kissacook Hin in MddIssex
county Y H IN MOrd H"q Ma I" Hi
harton Monomossoy village in Ma5hpee MSsh
}hma4s f $eaunRnsy ca SssssPon
sell Pond IN Dana Pona NisI BrSsewae ir ~
NipRenaG nd hin in Aver Pecowsic Brook in Long
meadow nr1Uf sRnghed n sand
Ponkapoas Pond in Canton; Massapcag PONG da IN
Pond in HoGDk Lake
in "W1akereld Qunsigamond lake and river in
Worceser : sn Santncket shneqn in liar
Wen snpat Pond in in nwses COUNTY,
Tasbno Hin in Tlsbury. Tawasenha III in Brew
Ter Tispaqun Pond IN MdG,eTSeo sS1S yssda
R,ver IN Dukes county Uncaena Island in Dukes
Countv Inouomonk brook ana Mi III W ma M
burg Wan,enum Brook IN Plttsneu, WicH WE
aoDn, pond I'm Norton. Winnnissett BROOK ia
New I,raintree Wintucket village IN 1dgartoWLI.
Wocpicket Island In Gosnoid ana Wlnhishihe'' inc
beautiful original name OF 'neisea. ,,. rodion
name like that Of Manet Beach IN quincy. SOME
| land spectators when they established a ceion.
of summer cottages AT that place. Iooh'u 49, ~
zion, Tor some attractive name IL seems that INC
Taking this for an Indian word and the aboriginal
name OF the town. the founders OF INC sh0re Ioo"s
adonted il for their own. Quincy has also lost a
| fne old Indian name through lana specuIa,Ioh
borhood Of the Neponset River was known as Mas
sachusetts Field for ii was mere Una, lne insS" =
chusetts Indians had their great PLANTATIONS "a
maize When the tract was bought up Tor SUI
The hes, name The foolish name Of Norfolk Downs
was the unfortunate choice Down Is idehnca' Wi.l
dunes meaning sand hills. There IL MOI duiie
! within miles and miles Of the spot. norfolk IoI.
canoes" Norfolk Glacier would nave peen JUST
as appropriate the latter more so. indeed Tor there
! was a glacier there once. but there is no evidence
/ that there down. A.,
/ There some curious corruptions OF indiah
! names For instance the Latinlike name o. ny o
at Provincetown gave the Pilgrims their hrsi greet
ing TO the New World is said TO have lived there
ana therefore the place was called 1yannos rms
| became transformed TO Hyannis. but the old peo-
parts but slightly from the original pronunc ton
Sctuate like Seattle Puget Sound. was
doubtless endowed with its unnecessary &C FOR Inc
sake of a elegant photographed appearance.
Serut was the original form Of the word. ana In
~. shape Of Setut Brook II still survives IN that
| town The name Of Cohasset has a much simpler
| form I'm Quaset Neck In Wareham. but Cohass gel
| N.rroWs nearby assumes the same orthokraphy
| as the celebrated summer resort near boston