"washtenaw"--its Meaning

The following fc'ttorto Mr. Paksuall., discussing tho moaning of the name ; " Washtenaw " bas been handud us for ( mblication : I Owosao, July 24, 1874. " ,T. J. Paukiiall, Esq., Ann Arbor. , DkABSlE: Major John Todil hanrled j me your favor to hiin yester'lay, with a request that I should answer it, as his J advanced age renden it very diffioult for him to write, and also beoauso I more 1 perfectly undí retan d and speak the ' dian tongue- or rathor the Chippewa , languago. I therefore give you the , formation sought. The word i naw " is Anglicizod ironi the Indian word : Wi.ite-noiig, nr Wtdite-nop;, meaning, ' erally, tho Furthr District, or Land . Beyond- Further Country- Wushte, ther, beyond, further on, and voiuj, country, district, place of. Tlio word used in oonnention with tlio subject spoken cf . conveys aomewhat different meanings. How tho name camo to be applied to tho territory comprising' Washtenaw County I am tuiuble to say, although I ( spoko tlic Indi in langtmge nearly as weil , as a native before the land was surveyed i by the Government. It was never so known or called by the Chippewas (or Ojibwas, as Schoolcraft has it.) , Kong was the country or district of . tory watered by the Grand Kivcr- what was known as Washtenong Seehe, or Sapea. . I do not now distinctly recollect by what name the Huron River was called, but Í will ascertain from the oíd Indiana who ' occasionally visit me still, and adviso you . of it at an early day. My recollection is that it was called cos-sctU-e-)iong sebee, or ; Burnt District River- meaning the plains, or oafe openings, lands or country. The Clinton River was called Not-e-way Schee. I inay, as I said, have forgotten the name of tho Huron. The Kiver Raisin was called Nee-Ma Schee. We see by these how very few Indian names have been preserved by our white settlers. If I can be of any service to your citizens in the history of your county I am at your service. Respcctfully yours, R. V. WILLIAMS. The ChrUHan Union bestows the following complimentary notice upon the forthcoming book oi Prof. Adams, of the Uuiversity, " Democracy ' and Mouarohy in Franco since the lievolution": Tho lovers of thouglitfnl literature havo a pleasant promise made to them in the anuouncement of Henry Holt c Co., that they wül publish soon Prof. Charles Kendall Adams' new on " Democracy and Monarchy in France siuce the Revolution." The subject of the book is itself one of profound interest, since the political future of Trance can in nt way be conjectured without studying the course of political hfe in Frauce durmg the past 90 years : and events now occurring in that eruptive and revolutionary nation add a special zest to the permanent concern oi mankmi over lts condition. The ability of Prof. Adams to discuss the complex topics involved m his subject may be partly judged from two or three articles from his pen within a year or two in the Xortli American Revino. Those articles, .revisad and amplifled, together with about a dozen more that have never yet seen the light, will make up the book, and will cover the whole period of French political lite from the outbreak of tho revolution down to what we may also cali the outbreak of Marshal Bazaine. Prof. Adams, who holds the chuir of History in the University of Michigan, has given very thorough study to the history of Europe duriug the present coutury, and has now interpretad that history in a way that will be deeply instructivo, not oniy to general readers, but to publicists, politicians, and journaliste. His book is to be a large and beautiful volume, the type and page being a precise reproduction of Mill's Autobiography, and the number ot pages amounting to auout 600. It js to be published, we belicve, simultaneously in this country and in Eugland, and wül undoubiedly command very general attentiun aiiiong oulinhtoned readers. A coiored man named Blaokburn, one of a hunting party of live, who started out from this city Monday morning, was shot by the acidental discharge of a companion's gun on Weinesday, the charge entering the back of his head, producing an ugly but not dangerous wound. Joe T. Jacobs & Co. are preparing for the coming campaign. Mr. Jacobs is in the Eastern market making heavy purchases of clothing, gents' uuderwear, &., anagoods are already arriving. Next week the stock will be complete. This popular house is bomid to be ahead.