The River Of Death

From the St. Louis Globe-Dessocrat: the word Chickamauga, like a great many other proper names of places in this country, is of Indian origin. It is said to be a Cherokee name, signifying "the river of death," and, according to a legend which has floated down among the Indiana, the stream received lts name from th accidental drowning of the people of a vlllage by a sudden rise attributed to a cloodburst. Chickahominy is another name of similar character, the Indian word signifying "turkey lick," or a place where turkeys are wont to assemble. ChicoPe, tUe name of a town in Massachusetts, slgnifies "the place of birch bark."