Author : Usher Parsons
Publisher : Providence [R.I.] Knowles, Anthony & Company, printers
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,47 MB
Release : 1861
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
Author : R. A. Douglas-Lithgow
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 33,37 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : 1557095434
This dictionary of Native American places was originally published in 1909. Alphabetically arranged by Native American name, this reference work gives insight into the Native origins of Rhode Island cities, towns, rivers, streams, lakes, and other locales. What was the Narragansett territory is closely aligned with the current boundaries of the state of Rhode Island. The significance of the word Narragansett is "at the little point'" or "island."
Author : Robert Alexander Douglas-Lithgow
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Abenaki language
ISBN :
Author : R. A. Douglas-Lithgow
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 40,25 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 155709540X
This dictionary of Native American places was originally published in 1909. Alphabetically arranged by Native American name, this reference work gives insight into the Native origins of Connecticut cities, towns, rivers, streams, lakes, and other locales. The Pequots and Mohegans formed the majority of Connecticut Natives, occupying the territory from Narraganset to the Hudson River, along the Connecticut shore, and including Long Island. The Mystic River gets its name from Mistick meaning ""great tidal river.""
Author : R. A. Douglas-Lithgow
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 31,43 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Massachusetts
ISBN : 1557095426
This dictionary of Native American places was originally published in 1909. Alphabetically arranged by Native American name, this reference work gives insight into the Native origins of Massachusetts cities, towns, rivers, streams, lakes, and other locales. The current state of Massachusetts retains the name of the once inhabiting tribe, although its people were decimated by illness and disorganized by warfare around 1617. Massachusetts is a word meaning ""a hill in the form of an arrow-head.""
Author : R. A. Douglas-Lithgow
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 23,23 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1557095418
This dictionary of Native American places was originally published in 1909. Alphabetically arranged by Native American name, this reference work gives insight into the Native origins of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont cities, towns, rivers, streams, lakes, and other locales. The Abanki confederacy of tribes of northern New England gets their name from the word Wabunaki meaning "land or country of the east" or "morning land."
Author : Usher Parsons
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 2016-10-13
Category :
ISBN : 9783743321724
Indian Names of Places in Rhode Island is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1861. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author : Usher Parsons
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,27 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781017935714
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Author : Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. Civic Development Department
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN :
Author : Sidney Smith Rider
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 31,43 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
