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is so similar in many instances to the sound of the initial syllable in the Sanscrit 

 term Ogha that it is often a difficult matter to determine to which word a cor- 

 ruption is due — whether to Ogha or Acha, as in the word Niagara. The "aga" 

 here may be traced to the sound of either (though the terms themselves are really 

 one and the same). 



This recognized difficulty is more conspicuous in the Indian nomenclature 



m in the names of the Old World — due to the manner in which we have received 



e Aboriginal names in America. Yet even in the existent writings of the Indian 



words we find very striking similarities and analogies every way to these names in 



the words of the Old World. We have space for but few illustrations in this 



paper. We notice only a few. 



The Indian name Saratoga has an exact counterpart in the Saratowka of 

 Russia. The word Sara itself is in many names in America and the Old World 

 besides. ^ All over the Old World are Garris and Garras. We have in the 

 Indian Garry and Gauriba. All over the Old World are Looris or Luris. The 

 same word is written more than once in our Indian names Luray. Lu is a cor- 

 ruption of Li (for Ri). In African nomenclature the same words are written 

 with either Ru or Lu — as in Rubumba, which is also Luvemba. Africa has 

 the river Ruanna. In our Indian nomenclature the same word shows the Latin 

 root in the way it is now written — Rivanna. The vowel is sopietimes written in 

 O, in Africa. We find there the Lowando. In America we have it simply 

 Wando. In Africa is Monongah. In America we have Monongahela — in the 

 " ela," a well-known Latin word is seen. (The meanings of these words will be 

 discussed in future.) In Africa is the Kyogia. We have in New York the 

 Cayuga — pronunciations almost identical. 



All over the Old World we find the word Goosey or Koosi, in the river 

 names. There are more than a dozen Coosas in the Indian. The word Moose 

 is also a " native Indian name." Yet in Europe and Asia it is seen written 

 Mousa. The Wolga is a river in Europe ; the Wolkee a river in Alabama. In 

 Africa is the Congo. In America is the Concho, and also the Congaree — the 

 Sanscrit Ri added. Sarabat is in Asia; Sarabita is in South America. 



The name Mississippi was originally Messisapa, which is not unlike Mesopo 

 tamia, of Asia. Our fanciful name Tennessee was once Tenassy (or Tenacha), 

 like the other Asiatic word Tenassarim. The Genesee of New York is like the 

 Yenessee of Russia. Yemasie is also similar; Onega of Russia is similar to Oneida 

 of America. 



The word Shocco or Soco is in the Hebrew of the Old Testament. It is 

 also a river in Europe. As Shockoe and Saco, it is in the Indian nomenclature 

 from Maine to North Carolina. Saranac is in the New York ; Sarawak is in Bor- 

 neo, and Saramacca is in South America. Chili of South America is heard in 



6 Sara is a river in Russia, Switaerland, France, and in Louisiana. It is Sarari in Brazii— 

 another term added. Tigris— Jtefirree or Tiegra— is found in river nomenclature in Asia and in 

 America In several places. Tigre is in Africa. 



