Re: Ol' Man River (was Re: Lioness and plants)
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Ol' Man River (was Re: Lioness and plants)
- From: "* L* C* <c*@pipeline.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:38:18 -0700 (MST)
At 06:58 PM 12/17/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Griff!
> You inquire:
>
>> (And, for heaven's sake, please
>> translate Withlacoochee for us. Who knows when we might run into another
>> one?)
>
>Back in the early part of the last century while a family of settlers was
>waiting to cross an anonymous river down South the squalling and fussing
>youngest member of the clan was giving its mother no end of aggravation, so
>she turned to an old French trapper who happened to be standing nearby and
>asked, "How can I ever make this baby quiet down?", to which he replied
>"With la coochee coochee coo". The name stuck to that river and it has been
>known as such down to the present day, except that it was shortened a bit
>for the convenience of mapmakers.
>
>You asked, and now you know!
>
>Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
>cwalters@digitalpla.net
>
Now who has chutzpah enough to resurect the old one about how Sheboygan, WI,
got its name?
Edmund L. Castillo in Loudoun Co., VA
castillo@pipeline.com
