Footprints of the red men. Indian geographical names in the valley of Hudson's river, the valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware- their location and the probable meaning of some of them (1906) (14578482980)

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Title: Footprints of the red men. Indian geographical names in the valley of Hudson's river, the valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware: their location and the probable meaning of some of them
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907
Subjects: Indians of North America -- New York Names, Indian -- North America Names, Geographical -- New York (State)
Publisher: (Newburgh, N.Y., Newburgh journal print
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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FOOTPRINTS OF THE RED MEN. Indian Geographical Names IN THE VALLEY OF HUDSONS RIVER,THE VALLEY OF THE MOHAWK,AND ON THE DELAWARE:THEIR LOCATION AND THE PROBABLE MEANING OF SOME OF THEM. BY E. M. RUTTENBER, Author of History of the Indian Tribes of Hudsons River. * Indian place-names are not proper names, that is unmeaning words,but significant appellatives each conveying a description of the locality towhich it \it\ow%,%.^—Trumbtill. PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE IRew IPcrft State t)i6toiicaI Besociation. Copyrighted by the NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 1906. Primary Explanations. The locatives of the Indian geographical names which have beenhanded down as tlie names of boundmarks or of places or tribes, areproperly a subject of study on the part of all who would be familiarwith the aboriginal geography of a district or a state. In manycases these names were quite as designative of geographical cen-ters as are the names of the towns, villages and cities which havebeen