Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1894 — How Canada Got Its Name. [ARTICLE]

How Canada Got Its Name.

The orgin of the word “Canada” is curious enough. The Spaniards visited that country previous to the French, and made particular search for gold and silver, and, finding none, they often said among themselves, “AcaNada" (there is nothing here'. The Indians—who watched closely—learned this sentence and its meaning. The French arrived, and the Indians, who wanted none of their company and supposed they also were Spaniards come on the same errand, were anxious to inform them in the Spanish sentence, “AcaNada.” The French, who knew as little of Spanish as the Indians, supposed this incessantly recurring souna was the name of the country, and gave it the name Canada, which it has borne ever since.