Pace E'gSren
East Ore gonian Round-Up Souvenir Edition
jVnrlleton, Oregon, Saturday September 25, 1915
Spanish Influence on Language of the West
t Tt t inned from paKe twelve.)
fact Ihxt Nrw Orleans as formerlx
nrrtiiOrd In both the Spanish and the
Vtvnrh.
The Orein Mmmtnins are insepar
ably KN'i:iif ,1 mitta I'lhan Allen and
other distinctively American patriots
and yet the extent of French influ
nce in that wctton is indicated by
the fad that ihiifte mountains have
rlv.T, their name to Vermont under
a IVarh form.
VHtpburg although of peculiarly!
Vtaftluth derivation, reminds us of its I
original name Fort Pukuesne and of
Knuidock's defeat, while Nova Scotia
recalls its ancient French name Arca
dia and the tragedy of Evangeline.
The French-Canadian trappers
roamed extensively over the great
west and French words peculiarly
characteristic of this renion haw
become Incorporated into our langu.
ace, such as prairie, butte. coulee,
cascade and alkali, which have a dis
tinct local flavor, while the habits of
those couriers are suggested by such
words as trail, portase and cache.
The original names of many Indi
an tribes have been superseded by
such French designations as Coeur
cause one of the first carties of Am
ericans In this section were drowned
at those falls In the Snake river.
The advent of Americans into this
region was the result of the great tide
of Anglo Saxon civilization which has
spread over the area once occupied
by the French and these names and
w ords of French origin so widely scat
tered over the country are but flot
sam and jetsam of the tide which
Preceded It. Reproduced from the
Oregon Historical Society Quarterly.
Mut lo larm Work.
The O. A. f. School of Agriculture
announces that In order to receive
desrees in agriculture all students
will be required to have had exper
ience in the work In which they are
majoring. This experience may have
been secured either before entering
upon the course or during its progress
by working during college vacations.
in conformity with this ruling a
large number of students of agricul
ture nave spent the present summer
In working on farms, either in horti
culture, field crops, animal husband
ry or dairying.
Twenty Paget
The oat yield of the weston moun
tain farm country is reported to
have been heavy this season, most of
the land averaging from 50 to 60
bushels to the acre.
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1 while the French spelling for .Spo
kane and Willamette is the cause of
amusing blunders by many a tender
foot from the effete East.
Jt sometimes happens that a bor
rowed umbrella is not returned until
the original owner Is able to recog
nize its identity with difficulty, and
the same appears to be the case with
our English word "free-booter," so
associated with the ancient bucca
neers of the Spanish main, because
as the result of French spelling and
French pronunciation has returned
to us under the form of filibuster so
(altered that even Its mother tongue
! can scarcely recognize It,
This however has been doubly re
venged by the Indians who have com
mitted similar atrocities upon two
French words, their attempt to pro
nounce the French word for English
to designate the first white settlers
in Massachusetts having resulted In
Yankee, which would appear to In
dicate that the red men are not ad
ept in regard to correct French pro
unuciatlon. which li also Illustrated
bjr their having adopted Riwash as
the Indian-French for savage, which
they doubtless regarded as a very
honorable designation.
American Falls In Idaho might ap
pear so distinctively patriotic as to
preclude any possibility of French in.
fluence, and yet It originated In the
early days when practically the only
white men In this region were French
Canadian trappers and was given be-
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cett, champion woman rider of buck
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the gold belt offered for the cham
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the Police Gazette. After leading her
in sight of the trophy which Is cov
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in a single moment put It out of her
reach.
On the last lap of the last day of
the three day cowgirls' relay race,
she lost her chance. Her horse bolt
ed over the track fence and, before
she could put him back In the race,
she had been relegated from second
to third place, thereby losing seven
polnta. As It was, Sammy Garrett
won the belt by a margin of only
three point. Mrs. Blancett had won
the cowgirl bucking contest and
took point In the standing cowgirl
race, beside In the relay race.
When the belt was put up as a
trophy, no one ever thought that a
woman would be a formidable rival
for Jt But the cowboys forget that
this is a suffragette age and that a
woman 1 a factor to be figured In
any race. Unless the cowboys look
to their honor this year. Bertha will
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