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Richard Sprague (search for this): chapter 20
n. And since many place-names have come from those of persons living in the neighborhood, it has also been somewhat fantastically suggested that perhaps the name is a corruption of Abbie Jones' river, just as the Greater New York borough of the Bronx derives its picturesque name from an old-timer named Broncks. But there is no evidence in behalf of either of these assumptions. Just now, however, having had occasion to look up some facts in relation to the famous expedition of the three Sprague brothers, Ralph, Richard and William, pioneers in the settlement of Charlestown, across country through the woods from Salem, I find that in the Charlestown records it is related that this party lighted of a place situate and lying on the north side of Charles river, full of Indians, called Aberginians. Often as I had read that account, I had never before attached any particular significance to the name of those Indians other than that it seemed so different from Algonquin nomenclature in
Virginians (search for this): chapter 20
e settlement of Charlestown, across country through the woods from Salem, I find that in the Charlestown records it is related that this party lighted of a place situate and lying on the north side of Charles river, full of Indians, called Aberginians. Often as I had read that account, I had never before attached any particular significance to the name of those Indians other than that it seemed so different from Algonquin nomenclature in general, except that it was somewhat suggestive of Virginians and might possibly have come from the circumstance that New England was originally regarded as a part of Virginia. Now a place name is often derived from the name of the people who live there, or the name of the people may come from that of the place. We are here informed that the Indians of that neighborhood were called Aberginians. And is there not a striking resemblance between that name and Aberjona? And in face of this extraordinary resemblance is it not reasonable to infer that
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