The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06

uuohy, 'no colu spi!nS
the |'highest place.; Tioga, the "swift
teri; Naha1nt is Eat the %point''; Pas:
Chautauqua is the "foggy place.
Sometimes the Indians names reflected
his superstitions. Thus, Mantle is
"spirit,' Montauk is "a mantle or
spirit tree,' and Minnewaukon means
names celebrate his hunting or fishing
exploits. Mackinaw is an a"bbreviation
,, of a longer word meaning "the great
turtle place. Quinsigamond means
"the fishing place for pickerel. )" There
are several Ammons, which, as the gov
eminent has a peculiar p%enchant for
Topping off the terminative syllables Of
Indian words, may not unreasonably be
taken to represent Ammonoosuc, an ex-
pressive Indian word meaning" "fsh-
story river" a proof positive that the
red man, as we'll as his successors, was
given to telling tall stories about his
luck in fishing. - n""
Expressed His Hate, Too.
Even the Indian hates and hereditary
feuds find expression in names. ~ The
members of a certain Indian tribe? de-
spised for their peacefulness, we're in
contemptuous parlance Ottawas, "trad:
ers, - while a fercely fighting tribe were
admiringly termed Fries, or "wild
cats, by their enemies. Our IoWas arc
a corruption Of a derisive word signify
ing "drowsy or sleepy %ones,'' a tern
given by the warlike Sioux of thu
north to his quieter red brethren Of thu
7 plains. The scornful Iroquois callet
, each Algonquin of the New. York noun
! tains an Adirondack %signifying "h'
eats BARK The latter. retorted b,
81 clubbing each Iroquois a eHMohawk,'
: or oman eater,' a grim testimonial il
its way to the fierce and relentless Iro
quois character. The family of tn
: ESioux, the famous fighters of the north
E west, divided as they, were into eigh
1great branches or sub-tribes, gave t
themselves the comprehensive name 0
: Dakotas, Called together in friendl
= compact'; but their Indian foeme
called them by the bitter term Of Sioux
Hcut-throats.o
+ Some Stored Names.
e The Indian was y born: story-telle1
e Every lake and river, every rock, an
every plain had it's story, its inciden
its legend The Indian gave ever thos
names that recalled these legends to b.
mind. =
n Winona, Minnesota, has a bcautif1
legend. Winona, 'tfrst-born daughter,
Is was the child Of a stern warrior. Fl
bade- her marry one of the notab.
braves Of his people. She loved anothe
o. Rather than marry the brave, whom ST
v hated, she threw herself. from the eli
If of the Maiden s Leap, that overlook
k the point where the Mississippi's waite!
h flow thru Lake Pepin, and beneath, tt
TT rivers turbulent waters found the pea
re that was denied her on earth. Anoth
as Minnesota legend, that of Minnehah
to recalls to most minds Longfellow
3 famous poem. He, however, took II
J5usual poets license in the matter.
1.-the real legend Minnehaha, tlaughi1
IN Ewater,' did not become the bride
re Hiawatha, but was crossed: in love. -.
her despair she sought the falls Of Mi
es nehaha, after which she had be-
te named. Here, over a precipice' six
* feet high, she took the fatal leap.
ne All Indian traditions are not sorro'
er full. Quite the reverse in many cas-
10 as the story Of the naming of Wakarus
Id Kan, will show. Once a party of
H.. dams on the trail were stopped in the
VS. progress by a swollen n d-angry-looki1
IN stream. "Deep water, bad bottom!
by grunted the braves, hesitating at t
brink Of the river, unwilling to tn
Of back, doubling that they could Gro
err At length an Indian crept up behi
he his squaw, who was seated on a SIN
ne Indian pony, and deliberately push
he pony, squaw and all over the bank il
re the rapid, muddy current, meanwh
of looking stoically on to see whether $
would gain the opposite bank nFsafe
ca. or drown before his eyes. The astt
isled and enraged squaw struck out !
In, mid5tream, and lol the waters had