The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
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1915 edition OF Webster's New Internal
tional Dictionary. A. b.
This reference says: 'Ne Temere Csc
named from the Latin ne temere, not
rashly. the first two words In the de-
cree). A decree Of the Congregation of
the Council declaring invalid any mar
riage Of a Roman Catholic. or of a per-
son h has ever been a Roman Catho-
lie. II not contracted before a duly quail
fed priest Cor the bishop OF the diocese,
and at least two witnesses. The decree
was Issued August 2, 1907. and took
effect on Easter, April 10. 1908. The
decree by its terms does not AFFECT mixed
marriages tthose between Roman Catho-
lies and persons OF another faith) in
Germany"
The Devon dialect In the poem
brakes Drum" II mat is what the
spelling is meant to Indicate. suggests.
if II does not exactly resemble, the Cor
nish dialect. which ] have heard at
times. Joel Chandler Harris. who so
admirably reproduced the genuine negro
talk. once criticised those authors who
distort the spelling In a way hat does
W dietN IHe PRONUNCIATION. II you
spell his "hiz.' what do YOU gain:
II 1t Is supposed to he written, like the
stories Little Johnny used to write for
the San Francisco ArDordut and other
papers. II In legitimate: but when II Ia
supposed to he spoken by some one who
can't write 1t Is absurd. o.. *. HAND.
Please tell me the name OF, and where
can obtain. the most authoritative
book dealing With South American In
dians. Some lately written book. IL pos
sible. C. J.
I'm the Amazon Jungle ny Algot
Lange. q =. Putnam's Sons. New York.
1912 "Aborigines OF South America by
Col. G. T.. Church. Chapman 4 Hall.
ology," by Thomas A. Joyce. Macmillan.
1912: "a Church in the wilds." by W.
barbrooke Grub. +. r. Dutton & Co.
New York. l914-all these are recent
and OF value. Other interesting volumes
are THE American Race n "Th
Myths OF the New World" both by
Daniel q. Brinton. published by David
Mckay. Philadelphia. 1901 and 1905
Creating OF the Indians OF both North
and South America) Among the In.
dians OF Guiana by Everard r. i'm
Thurn, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. Lon.
Zentral-B rasiliens,' by Karl Won der
Steinen. Berlin. 1894. Erland Norden.
skiold's book on this subject Is issued
now in French. la Vie des Indlens
dams LIE Chaco.' Paris. Librairie Oh.
Delagrave. lsl2.
publisher. or. more easily. through Bren.
tano's, %Scribner's. buttons or any of tn,
large book stores.
To a suggestion that the author OF the
note on succotash. whose identity 4.
sought by c. T. onions. oxford. Eng
land. was William Martin Beauchamp
:. T. H.. clergyman. archeologist and
author. Mr.. Beauchamp replied
Il did not write the article TO whic.,
YOU refer. for though ] DO a little -
Algonquin my better theme r. Iroaunis
The min Ter whom you are looking may
possibly be W. X. Gerard Of New York
whose initials follow mine in the Hand
book of the Indians for which he wrote
a brief article which I will quote:
'Succotash.--A corruption OF a Mar
ragansett name for an ear OF corn. ions
misapplied by English speaking pie
Roger Williams G643) give.
msickquatash ,m'sikwatash) as tn,
name for "A boiled ear OF corn. although
the word signifies simply an ear %
corn whether boiled or raw. Jus; wher
the name in a slightly more corrup
form was m~isapplied Is not certain. sine,
a gap occurs in the history OF the wore
IAN .A A. A-s 80 49,
in the form "succatash,' IN "Clrveri
Travels" n widely read book In the tim,
OF its author. Carver describes "suc,
catash' as a dish composed OF corn. bean.
and bears flesh. The word is next men
ton by Jeremy Belknap I792) in tn
form Of "succotash."
1.-The Narragansett word ~m'sikwatasI
means she grains are whole COR en-
tirc)." The Gambia f~Norridgewock
name mesikutar has the same meaninl
,ble qui nest pas pile.-Role). Tn,
The old Abnaki inanimate plural was
instead Of sh. The aboriginal name 70,
the preparation hat we call succotasi
has been lost. The form OF the nam
would have been determined by tn
preponderance OF corn or OF beans in IN,
stew. as may have been the case, sine,
no Algonquin word can be formed I
indicate that more than one vegetab,,
Is contained In a stew or soup
Il thought I would stop there, bu
J. H. Trumbull. perhaps the best Al
gonquin authority. says this In hi
English-Natick Dictionary: "Succotasi
m'sickquatash. r.. w. twho translates /
boiled corn whole). Its etymolc gy. how
ever, proves that the Indian m'sickqua
fash, like the modern. was made from
shelled corn or corn separated from tn
cob m'sukquttahhash. the beaten I
pieces (corn)-inanimate plural fror
sukqutahham. he beats 1t to pieces o
beats It small
h Il would much prefer this. for no Al
gonquin word for corn is expressed /
succotash. though probably implied"
Mr.. W. r. Gerard. VINO Mr., Beau
d champ thinks may be the author who's
m identity Mr.. Onions seeks, died about
year ago. Perhaps some reader can de
termine II he really was the author @
Mr.. Onions's contribution on succotas
or expose further the interesting intr'
ne cacies Of Indian etymology.
Which do YOU consider. as TO all roun
efficiency. to be better-the new Italia
superdreadnought Gallo Duilio or tn
new American superdreadnought Penn
s~ylvana? J. b.
The Pennsylvania has been rated h
some experts as the most powerful ba'
tleship afoat. She has twelve IA inc
guns, England's Queen Elizabeth hi
been ~bombarding the Dardanelles for,
with 10 inch guns. but she has only eigl
OF them. The Caio Duilio has thrice
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