1912-06-13; Saline Observer

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k. J. WARREN. Editor.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, JUNK 13, 1912.
VOL. XXXII.--NO 36
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NAMING  THE  STATES
ORIGIN   OF   RHODE   ISLAND
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Pennsylvania   Was   Not   Named   for
William   Penn,   Its   Founder,   But
for   His   Father,  the   Then
Famous Admiral.
Some curious information has heen
collected by the antiquaries concerning tne origin of the names of certain
of our states. Of Massachusetts, for
instance, it is said that when John
Smith explored the coast of New England in 1614 he found the shores of
this state inhabited by a tribe of Indians called the Massachusetts. The
word means "near the great hills," being composed of "massa," great,
"wadchuash," hills, and "et," near.
Thus the name in the Indian tongue
was "Massa-Wadchuash-et," to which
the first explorers added an "s" to
make it plural, and shortened the
name to its present form.
The origin of Rhode Island has been
a puzzle to historians. Some writers
tells us the name is a corruption of
the Dutch words Roode Eylandt, signifying Red Island, given to it by the
Dutch discoverers because its shores
presented a red appearance. But they
do not present a red appearance.
Others, with more probability, have
traced the name to Road Island, meaning 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 a roadstead. *We should not know
wheTe to find a good "riding," in the
sailor's sense of the term, without
running into Narragansett bay. The
favorite derivation at present is more
simple. One of the leading settlers
of Newport was a man named Rhodes,
and the island was probably named
after him, perhaps in jest, perhaps
in compliment. The original order
fixing the island of Newport, dated
1644, decreed that the name should
be "The Isle of Rhodes, or Rhode Island." The .same appellation was afterward applied to the state, of which
Newport was a part.
Connecticut, a name so baffling to
foreigners, is Indian, and means "land
on a long tidal river." The Indian
form of it is Quin-neh-tukquet. In
some of the early records it is spelled
Quinetuckquet. The most curious
thing about the name of Pennsylvania
is that it was not derived from the
founder of the state, "Vyilliam Penn.
It is "William Penn himself who records the fact:
"This day (January 5, 1681) my
country was confirmed to me by the
name of Pennsylvania, a name which
the king (Charles II.) would give it
in honor of my father." Penn wished
to call the region New Wales, but the
king persisted in naming it after Admiral Penn, then a man of far greater
renown than his son, the Quaker,
whose effigy surmounts the city hall
in Philadelphia.
It is the opinion of many authorities
that the Indian word Kentuckee did
not signify "dark and bloody battleground," as many have supposed.
They incline to the belief that the
word means "at the head of a river,"
and that it was used to designate the
place where the Indians gathered
previous to migration southward.
This spot was near the source of the
Kentucky river. The best conjecture
as to the origin of the name Tennessee is that it comes from Tanasse,
the name of an Indian chief whose
tribe was settled upon one of the
branches of the Tennessee river.
This, however, is disputed. In the
names of our states several languages
are represented, the English, the
French, the Indian, the Spanish and
the Latin.
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Ctate of Michigan,
County of Washtenaw, ss.
At a session of the Probate Court for
said County of Washtenaw, held at
the Probate Office in the City of. Ann
Arbor, on the 20th day of May, in the
year one thousand nine hundred and
twelve.
Present, Emory E. Leland, Judge of
Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of
William Deee*n"dixger
deceased. On reading and filing the
duly verified .petition of Frances Derendinger, widow, praying that administration of said estate may be granted
to Elbert Derendinger or some other
suitable person, and that appraisers
and commissioners be appointed.
It is Ordered, That thee 22nd day of
June next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at said Probate Office be appointed for hearing said petition.
And it is further Ordered, That a
copy of this order be published three
successive weeks previous to ■ said
time of hearing, in the Saline Observer, a. newspaper printed and circulating in the County of Washtenaw. ,
(A true copy)
EMORY. E. LELAND,
Judge of Probate
Doecas C. Donegax, Register.      36
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