ENGLI8I
Agricultural
Mechanical collei
Mr. Harral Ayres Gunter Hotel San Antonio, Texas
Dear Sir:
BATON ROUGE. LA.
May 22, 1927
Your letter to the University of Louisiana was turned over to me yesterdayo
Just at present I am so pressed with work that I can answer your questions about the origin of certain place-names only so far as my memory serves me. When I have more leisure I will make an effort to solve the origin of the other names for you.
Here is the origin of some of your names:
Tallahassee:	Greek	Indian for "Old Town."
Apalachicola:	Choctaw for "Allies, 11 "Friendly People
Ghoctawhatchee :	Indian for"Choctaw .Rivero"
Pensacola: Choctaw for "Hair People."
Mobile:	Indian	for "Rowers," "Paddlers."
Pascagoula:	Indian	for "Bread People."
Biloxi:	Indian	for "The People."
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Rigolets: "Straits," "Water channels." French.
Chef Menteur:	"Lying Chief."	J..
Mississippi:	Algoncuian	for	"Big Water."
Buttte:	French	for "Bluffy" "Hill,'etc."
Des Allemands:	"The Germans'5." French.	d
La Fourche: "The Fork." French. /77uc, S-f-yimu0 £&■*+*■* Houma:	Indian	for "Red."
Boeuf:	"Buffalo."	French.
Atchafalaya:	Indian	for	"Long	River