Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16

.Vl many years United States Indian Agent,
s,a'es that the Wyandots called the stream
OneIun, denoting great" or "orand." and
useu IL as an exclamation while paddlino their
canoes up and down the river. La Sale NAV
nave changed his word to Ohio and credited
~ 20 the lroquois, the Wyandot being only a
ula'eG ~ Oh that language. AS La Belle Riviere
ehe Irench knew it; but it is quite certain
'"a' Onio mas no such meaning
=. 2IhEGoN;-Ihe name is of Spanish origin,
and means wild thyme"
PENNSYLVANIA.-T name meaps
PENIS Woods and William Penn himself
tens now 1T came to be SO named. in a letter
dated January 5, 1851:
:. ln I'M Jay, after many waitngs. watchings.
son'IOllgs ana disputes in council, my coun-
Wy w was confirmed to me under the great seal
~, tinsiaho' with large powers and privileges,
W Cne name Oh pennsylvania, name the king
would give it in favor of nv father, chose
New Wales, being billy country. and when
Inc Secretary, Welchman, refused to call il
New wales, | proposed Sylvania, and they
aouea rem to 1t, though | was much on
posed TO 1T, and went to the king to have
IL Struck out: He said it was passed, and he
euineas ' moy. th upon him. nor could twenty
name, Tor l feared it might be looked on as
VANITY IN me, and not as a respect in the king
TO pm, my father, as it really was"
Inc Quaker was right, for it is the almost
for its owner. ""' ii''neu
:hhO(E lSLAND.-Two accounts of the orr
gin ol tnls name are given. One account saws
u was named after the Rhoades family. and
d Is GAINS that it owes its name to the
Isle OF Rhoades, in the Mediterranean Sea-
winch 1T is said to resemble '
a, 1hNNESSEE.-The State is named from
I'M tne river; The sweeping course the river
named h us course shows how fittingly it was
uaneu oy the Indians, for the word implies
that 1t is the River of the Big Bend"
IEAAS-"Las Texas" was the name piven
Py ine Mexicans to small tribe of friendly
eastern part of their country before Tevas
separated from it. Others assert that Texas
was SO called because the original inhabitants
Sao iGofs over their dwellings, which, in the
9pa ISM language, are called texas or texas
Inc territory now called Texas was known TO
the Spanish missionaries in 1924 as Mixteca
pan, and It's inhabitants as Mixtecas. Texas
may be corruption of that name.
VERMONT.-A combination of two French
MoIus-Vert green, and montague, mountains:
that IS, green mountains properly
State. 'i-"ee VI 'ne
VIRGINIA.-WEsT VIRGINIA.-oueen
t Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen" is honored in
Smth wrote its history, included all the
british settlements in America, and was Of
IDEALLY known as the COLONY and Dominion
of Virginia" 0N
W!SCONSlN:- Masconsin, denoting wild.
Iusnihg waters, was the name first applied
10 It's largest river by the discoverer. Father
Marquette, but it was subsequently, changed
to Oulseonsin, and then to the form as given
to the State. 90 gwen
DAKOTA.-The Territory recently formed
INTO two States derives its name from Che
Dacotahs, tribe OF the Sioux Indians The
which Is equivalent to our national motto, e
Pluribus Unum d"
MONTANA.-This is the Spanish word mon.
tana, mountains, which cover great portion
of the State. p''
WASH,INGToN.-Named for the father of
our country.
IDAHO.-This word is of doubtful origin.
and IS said to mean "the gem of the noun.
tam. The application is not obvious.
ARIZONA.-The name comes from Ari.
zonia, goddess in the mythology of the Zuni
Indians, and signifies ''The Maiden Queen"
UTAH.-This name is a corruption of cite"
pronounced properly You-ta, but now gen.
era orally gwen the short sound of one syllable).
The Utes were at one time a powerful Indian
tribe.
WYOMING.-This name means extensive