. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . in the way of amendment, after Mr. Merrills mo-tion, which was lost, it is evident that Indianapolis was in the bill atthat time. The name Indianapolis excited as much hilarity in the State,at the time, as the other names had caused in the House. The Vin-cennes Centinel, on January 15, 1821, announced the new name thus:Such a name, kind readers, you would never find by searching from Danto Beersheba: nor in all the liliraries, museums, and patent offices in theworld. It is like nothing in h
. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . in the way of amendment, after Mr. Merrills mo-tion, which was lost, it is evident that Indianapolis was in the bill atthat time. The name Indianapolis excited as much hilarity in the State,at the time, as the other names had caused in the House. The Vin-cennes Centinel, on January 15, 1821, announced the new name thus:Such a name, kind readers, you would never find by searching from Danto Beersheba: nor in all the liliraries, museums, and patent offices in theworld. It is like nothing in heaven, nor on earth, nor in the waters ?H. J., p. ; S. J., p. 155. INDIANA AND INDIANANS 365 under the earth. It is not a name for man, woman or child; for empire,city, mountain or morass; for bird, beast, fish nor creeping thing; andnothing mortal or immortal could have thought of it, except the wisemen of the East who were congregated at Corydon. A week later ithad another editorial comment in similar vein, and a communication,which closed with the words: Should you require the etymology of. Jeremiah Sullivan the word itself, I beg leave to refer you to the Pataphreazely (a newwork and very rare) under the head Sil. (This work serves as a Lexi-con to the ancient Hindoo language!) and reversing the letters you haveSilopanaidni which signifies A Head Without Brains. However,the public rather liked the name after they became accustomed to it;and it has not only had niany imitations, but also has been appropriatedbodily for towns in Texas, Colorado, Iowa and Oklahoma. This dupli-cation of names caused so much miscarriage of mails that the postalauthorities had all of them changed except the Oklahoma town. 366 INDIANA AND INDIANANS Being designated as the capital, and being the capital were twodifferent things. Oliver H. Smith, who made his debut in political lifeas a representative in the legislature of 1822-3, says that among thefew measures in which he took an active intere
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