The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-27
Looping Indian Names.

Just as the names of the French Ca
nadians in Maine are being Anglicized
and thus, while simpified, robbed of
their beauty, so are the original Indian
names of towns and rivers, lakes and
localities rapidly becoming corrupted,
clipped Of syllables and generally twist
ed about to suit the convenience of a
nonsentimental and intensely practical
people.
The United States postofice depart
ment has succeeded in clipping the
last three letters from such names as
marlborough, which now reads Waldo
boro, and so on, but when it comes to
Indian names a much greater difficulty
| is presented, and generally these can
be sinnplihed only by a radical recon-
structfon or corruption.
For instance. it is difficult to make
anything new out of Mattawamkeag or
lPassadumkeag, and PassamaQuoddy is
still official, although the Maine people
lcall 1t Quoddy for short. Originally the
| locality Of Bangor was called by the
Tarratine or Penobscot Indians, KadeS-
quit. Then it became Kondeskeag.
lCondeSkeag, sConduskeag, anG finally
Kenduskeag-all through the varying
fancy of succeeding generations of
white men.
| The name of Names highest noun
tain has been spelled at various times
and by different authorities Ktaadn,
Ktadhn. and as now generally recog-
nized Katahdin. A stream in that re-
gion has been called Wissataquoik.
! Wassataquiok, and Wassatacook, and
today the lumbermen call it SatacoOk.
Molunkus. Ripogenus. and Nicatous are
simple enough to be let alone, but there
| Is a big job awaiting the man who tries
to simplify Pockwockamus, Sourdna-
hunk, Passamagmock, Katepsconegon,
Caucomgomoc, or Chemquasabamti-
cook.
! Aboljackmagasset, Aboljackarmegas-
sic, or Abol5ackamegas is generally clip
ped by the loggers and hunters to Abol
and, in fact. is SO called by nearly
short to wander through all the sylla-
bles that rightly belong to the name of
1.-The. stream.-Bangor dispatch to the
New York World.
/ Man and His Dog.
He lies in front Of me curled up be-
fore the fire, as so many dogs must
have lain before SO many fires. / sit
On one side of that hearth as SO many
/ men must have sat by so many
hearths. Somehow, this creature has
completed my manhood; somehow, ]
cannot explain why, a man ought to
have a dog. A man ought to have six
legs; those other four legs are part of
him. Our alliance is older than any of
the passing and priggish explanations
that are offered of either Of US; before
evolution was, we were. You can find
1t written in a book that I am a mere
survival of a squabble Of anthropoid
apes, and perhaps I am. I am sure
have no objection. But my dog knows
/ / am a man, and you will not find the
meaning of that word written in any
book as clearly as it is written in his
soul-G. K. Chesterton in London
News. -<-~-.-
No More sauce for the Goose.
You must not say sAs silly as a
goose" any more, for naturalists have
been studying this animal of late years,
| and they have come to the conclusion
that she is the wisest old bird going.
She never quarrels without cause;
she sees danger before any other fowl;
she has more courage than the rooster;
she is far Drawer than the gobbler. and
if given a fair show, she can beat of
the fox
A flock of geese squatted around the
barnyard at night is a much greater
protection than the watchdog. They
are light sleepers, and will give the
moving about
So in future say "As wise as q
! | goose and give her all credit-Mon-
treal Standard.
Nearly Hero.
81 Hands up,'
< The passengers on the Pullman cal
= took in the situation at glance, and
/ did exactly what the train robber told
6 them to.
E At the points of his guns he relieved
! them of their valuables- But at the
8 sight of one woman he paused, with Z
: start
f "Who are you, woman?'' he de.