Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1911 — GEOGARPHICAL NAMES. [ARTICLE]

GEOGARP HICAL NAMES.

Chautauqua Seems to, Havo a Wido Variety of Meanings. United States geological survey records present these notes On geographical names and their origin and meaning; ! "V ' * Brooklyn: part of New York city; a corruption of the Dutch same Breuckelen, from a village In the prorinco of Utrecht, Holland. The name signifies “broken up land” or “marshy land. 1 * Burleson; county and village in Johnson county. Tex., named for Edward Burleson. Indian fighter, and vice president of the republic of Texas uodsr President Houston, 1841. Chautanqua: county In Kansas; county, lake and town In same county in New York. An Indian word which has been the subject of much controversy. Webster Bays it Is a corruption of a word which means “foggy place.” Another derivation gives i the meaning as “bag tied In the middle.” referring to the shape of the lake. It Is also said to mean “place where a child was washed away.” Dr. Peter Wilson, an educated Seneca, says it Is literally “where the fish was taken out” Other meanings given are “plate of easy death” and “place where one was lost.” Chicago; city and river In Illinois. The Ojlbwa Indian form, she-kag-ong, signifies “wild onioD place.” from a root form implying a “bad smelt”