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the name spelled Arkansa. It is evident that this spelling according 
to the French pronunciation expresses that which long custom has 
made correct in English, and it therefore seems that it should be 
adopted in geographies and on maps, so that the confusion resulting 
from the pronunciation of the names Texas and Kansas may not be 
perpetuated. The case is quite different with regard to the native 
pronunciation of the name Missouri, which is Mizzoura. This is not 
supported by any linguistic reason, and is provincialism which time 
will probably abolish. 
