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FOREST AND STREAM 
February, 1922 
FOUNDERS OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY 
ADVISORY BOARD 
GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, NEW YORK, N. Y. 
CARL E. AKELEY, American Museum of Natural History New York. 
EDMUND HELLER, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 
WILFRED H. OSGOOD, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 111. 
JOHN M. PHILLIPS, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
CHARLES SHELDON, Washington, D. C. 
GEORGE SHIRAS, 3d, Washington, D. C. 
JOHN T. NICHOLS, American Museum of Natural History, New York. 
WILLIAM BRUETTE, Editor 
JOHN P. HOLMAN, Managing Editor 
TOM WOOD, Business Manager 
Nine East Fortieth Street, New York City 
Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation 
THE OBJECT OF THIS JOURNAL WILL BE TO 
studiously promote a healthful interest in outdoor ree- 
reation, and a refined taste for natural objects. 
August 14, 1873. 
INDIAN NAMES 
I N'the genealogy of the North American Indian there 
is no phase more interesting than the origin and 
meaning of names applied to rivers, towns, lakes and 
geographical sections of the country. The Indians, in 
using these proper names, displayed a very fine sense of 
significance and it is curious to note how appropriate 
they lie to the general characteristics of the object. 
There is a fascination in the musical quality of the 
syllables, linked together and forming a melodious com- 
bination which is pleasing to both the tongue and the 
ear. Take “Mississippi,” for instance: How we love to 
say it! How we enjoy even spelling it! The “Father 
of Waters !” As the sound rolls from our lips, we feel 
the magic in the spell of its mighty tides, moving on 
and on to the sea. The rhythmical arrangement of “Sus- 
quehanna” has much the same pleasant effect upon us. 
“Chesapeake,” applying to the great bay, which lies 
on the Atlantic coast, is another word of charming in- 
tonation. It means, “Mother of Waters,” and when one 
considers its A'ast dominions and realizes that forty- 
eight tributaries flow into it, some idea is grasped of 
the special signification of the old Indian names. In 
addition to the Susquehanna which enters at the head 
of this beautiful bay, we have the Patapsco, Potomac, 
Patuxent, Rappahannock, Piankitank, etc. Space is not 
available here for the list of bays, sounds, rivers, roads, 
straits and creeks, but the Indian names predominate 
and they are invariably easy to pronounce and delight- 
ful to hear. 
“Ticonderoga,” meaning “between two lakes,” is 
rather ponderous, but according to some authorities, 
this word has been corrupted from the original Iroquois 
and in the process lost much of its former beauty. “Shen- 
andoah,” the name given to both river and valley ex- 
tending northeastward through the Blue Ridge Moun- 
tains, is a derivative of the two words “Shannondhor” 
and “Shennondohawah,” used by the Iroquois and 
meaning “great plain.” 
Take the words of the tribe of the Delawares, “Tuck- 
ahoe” and “Callicoon,” meaning respectively “it is 
round” and “place of turkeys” ; you will find them dainty 
morsels to form with the lips. They are simple, yet 
euphonious, sweet-sounding and flooded with natural, 
harmony. The syllables seem literally to glide and blend 
into each other. 
It is fortunate that we have retained so many names 
of pure American origin suggestive of old council-fires, 
wigwams, traditions and primitive customs of the fierce 
and war-like tribes of the red men, one time lords of the 
continent. Though history informs us that they were 
eruel and treacherous, there is something ^appealing 
about their romantic day and we are ashamed, at times, 
to admit that we robbed them of their native land. 
NATIONAL PARKS ARE POPULAR 
I N his annual report to the Secretary of the Interior, 
Albert B. Fall, covering the 1921 travel season to the 
national parks, Stephen T. Mather, Director of the 
National Park Service, places the national parks at the 
head of those worth-while things in our national life 
that make for better citizens, since they provide health- 
ful diversion, recreation and enjoyment and offer un- 
equaled advantages in educational fields. Travel to the 
national parks and monuments under the jurisdiction of 
the National Park Service has exceeded all preceding 
records, amounting to the tremendous total of 1,171,797 
persons or 113,342 persons more than visited these areas 
last year. Travel has increased to this total in 6 years 
from the 356,097 visitors recorded in 1916. 
Strange as it may seem it took the World War to 
impress this country with the realization of its great 
scenic treasures. European ports were closed to plea- 
sure travel not only during the war days but for a period 
after its cessation, and when our active share in the con- 
flict was successfully ended and the time had come for 
relaxation, tired minds and bodies turned to the national 
parks for recreation and pleasure. At once park travel 
leaped to unprecedented figures. The park tourist facili- 
ties were overwhelmed, but still the crowds came. Re- 
turning to their homes visitors spread the glories of the 
parks far and wide, inspiring others with the desire to 
also see these wonder places which they had seen. 
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT 
T he highly valuable work in conservation done by 
the Bureau of Biological Survey is again called to 
public attention by the Report of the Chief of the 
Bureau for the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1921. 
The Bureau work is in five sections: Economic In- 
vestigation, in charge of Dr. A. K. Eisher, which aims 
to control the depredations of injurious animals and ex- 
periments in fur farming; Biological Investigation, con- 
trolled by E. A. Goldman, which has to do with the 
habits of birds and mammals and their distribution; Na- 
tional Game and Bird Reservations, in charge of Mr. 
Stone; Migratory Treaty and Lacey Acts, looked after 
by G. A. Lawyer; and the Alaska Reindeer and Eur 
Bearers, in charge of Dr. E. W. Nelson and W. E. Ban- 
croft. These investigations cover the whole continental 
United States, and influence the prosperity of many sec- 
tions of the country. 
In 1916 the Bureau first began operations to reduce 
the loss on live stock caused by wolves and other pred- 
atory animals, a loss then estimated at more than $20,- 
000,000 each year. Within these six years, cooperation 
has been secured with the Eorest Service, the Indian 
Office, and the National Park Service, as well as with 
many of the western states, which now contribute 
toward the expenses of the work. Last year 246 hunt- 
ers and trappers were employed; and the skins or 
