Excerpt from An Essay Concerning Important Physical Features Exhibited in the Valley of the Minnesota River, and Upon Their Signification It has, however, been a common occurrence for our settlers, when the country came to be occupied by them, to change names given by early French travelers. Sometimes they were merely grotesque changes in pronunciation and spelling by which the origin and significance of the original name was nearly or quite lost, and sometimes it was to adopt a name more easily spoken Or one whose meaning ...
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Excerpt from An Essay Concerning Important Physical Features Exhibited in the Valley of the Minnesota River, and Upon Their Signification It has, however, been a common occurrence for our settlers, when the country came to be occupied by them, to change names given by early French travelers. Sometimes they were merely grotesque changes in pronunciation and spelling by which the origin and significance of the original name was nearly or quite lost, and sometimes it was to adopt a name more easily spoken Or one whose meaning was more appropriate and pleasing to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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