206 The Life and Writings of 



of the &quot;true or Indian names&quot; of every thing; also, 

 there is given a list of the aboriginal names of the 

 mountains; and the general ignorance of all other geog 

 raphers on the subject is lamented. Not a few refer 

 ences occur relating to former geographic work by 

 himself, including a mention of his map of the Ohio 

 river, made in 1818. 



The same volume contains, at the end of the above- 

 mentioned article, some editorial notes which collectively 

 constittite a brief summary of &quot;some Remarks on New 

 Colonies, communicated to the Royal Geographical Soci 

 ety, by the same author, but not published, as the paper 

 contains little that is new&quot;, etc. An interesting fact 

 connected with this essay on physical geography is that 

 the plan had been revolved in the mind of Rafinesque 

 for many years. In a column advertisement of the pro 

 posed &quot;Western Minerva&quot;, printed in the Kentucky Re 

 porter for October 16, 1820, is the title of this article, 

 which had then been prepared and was &quot;in hand for 

 publication &quot;. It is the last one in the list of works 

 and memoirs by a remarkable though eccentric man. 



