Indian Names Of Places In Plymouth Middleborough Lakeville And Carver Plymouth County Massachusetts

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Excerpt from Indian Names of Places in Plymouth, Middleborough, Lakeville and Carver: Plymouth County Massachusetts, With Interpretations of Some of Them My object in collecting some of the Indian Place Names of Plymouth County and attempting their translation, is the wish to create an interest in the use of Indian names in New England. Although of the following comparatively small collection, few can be used, the early Massachusetts records and deeds contain innumerable Indian Place Names, many of which are more euphonious. The Algonkin language possesses also many euphonious words, which will describe some natural characteristic of almost any locality. We scarcely realize that this whole country was once inhabited by a people whose history is almost unknown, but whose characteristics, and traditions, and myths, and religions offer, in some respects, almost as wide a field for interesting study and for research, as the myths and traditions of the races of the old world. I am speaking of the race before it was corrupted by European influences. This is not a country without a past, and much may yet be revealed of great interest to the historian. The almost universal idea of the Indian is associated with cruelty, torture and massacre, while all other traits are generally unknown or forgotten. A very little study of the subject creates a broader estimate of his character. It seems to me that the Indian has never been given his true place in history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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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