Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-02
ORIGIN OF RHODE ISLAND HAS
m BEEN A PUZZLE.
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colle&el rbJ the antiQuaries concern
ing the Origin of the names Of certain
Of Our istatSs.l TDf Massachusetts,, for
instance, It ID said that when John
Smith etp1ored the coast OF New Eng
land IN 1914 he. found the shores Of
this stAts ia14bited by a tribe of In
dams called the Massachusetts,. The
word MeAhS rthear the great hills" be-
ing composed Of "massa." great,
"wadchudsh,r bills. and ct"
Thus the name in the Indian t0Aqfe
WIS JMassal Wadchuash-et," to W11Hh
the first ce4pl9rers added an @
make IT plural, and shortened tho
nams TO IL present form.
. The origin Of Rhode Island haA been
. puzzle to Ihiatorians. Some writer's
tells us tho name is a corruption OF
the Dutch words Roode Eylandt zig
nifying Red island. given to it BY the
Dutch discoveries because its shores
presented red appearance. But they
do not present red appearance.
Others, with more probability. have
traced the name to Road Island. mean.
ing the island near the roadstead.
Competent authorities have doubted
the correctness Of this explanation,
because there Is no piece OF water
near by which sailors would naturally
call q roadstead. We should not know
where to find good riding" in the
sailors sense Of the term. without
running into Narragansett bay. The
favorite derivation at present is more
simple. Ono Of the leading setherl
|lof Newport was man named Rhpdes;
(land the andgwasSprpbabK nAMed
after him, perhapaain Nest Apel AapAl
in compliment.Th The original order
fixing the island Of Newport, dated
ie44, decrAed that the iIarfsl s8o1G
be "The Isle Of Rhodes, or Rhode Is
land" The same appellation was aft
erward applied to the state. of which
Newport was~a part.
M
foreigners, II II" indian. ana mems iixnd
on I long tidal river. The 1Hd1ar
form OF Iit We -4ehststppet. y
some of the early records 1t Is spelled
Quinetuckq,setgla Thsii uriost curious
thing about the, name Of Pen9sylvanfs
| iss that It, wAa not dsaReds N9tns uthe
founder 81 the 1tate.n willial 4 g Penn 81
1t is william Penn himself who y
cords tbs Net: aKoHfaIlT ~
arnis day 't3ahdafy !. aaiSS1) my
country was confirmed to nGIbSath|l
name Of Pennsylvania. q name which
the king (Charles II.) would give \
in h6bA arI4f ApHerF, Min wishes
to call the region New Wales. but th|f
king persisted in naming it after Al
miral Penti, chen atMaK of far greater
renown than his son, tho Quakef
whose eiflgy surmounts the city hal
in EPhfla1e{pkia.el ,zfnooH 4alifC
1t Is the opinion of many aWthoTities
That the Indian word KehtucKeS dill
not signify dark and bloody battle
ground" as many have supposed
TnsS Sihthhi til tleE betkfftka tht
word means "at the head Of river
and that it was used to designate thi
place" Where the Indians gatheref
previous to migration southwark
This spot was near the source, Of thu
Kentucky river. The best CONJECTURE
az to the origin of the name Tennes
| see Il that It comes from Tanasse
the name OF an Indian chief who's
Tribe, was settled upon one 81 thI
branches Of the Tennessee over
This. however, is disputed. I'M h'
names.of. our. statas-saveEal.la Language
IRE represented, the English, TIL
French, the Indian. the. Spanish apt
the Latin. Affsh