[at-l] Naming Katahdin

[weathercarrot at hotmail.com (The Weathercarrot)]

Thank you. Your post (below) is what i was hoping someone would say. I'll go 
both ways and leave the Mount for the web site description, but on the map 
itself, it'll just be Katahdin.

wc

----Original Message Follows----
From: Snodrog5@aol.com
To: weathercarrot@hotmail.com, at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] Naming Katahdin
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 15:34:40 EDT

Hi WeatherCarrot
  It's Katahdin.
  From Stephen Clark's 'Katahdin A Guide to Baxter State Park & Katahdin':
<quote>
Katahdin is a magical name. It should stand by itself in language as it does
in nature. We honor the mountain by adopting the original Abenaki Native
American name for it. The translation of their name, Katahdin is "greatest
mountain."
  "Mount Greatest Mountain"
This is not only grammatically incorrect, but it's a misinterpretation of 
the
Abenaki translation of the mountain's name. The U.S. Geological Service and
other official agencies have failed to recognize this when they slapped a
"Mount" on Katahdin many years ago when honoring Indian traditions and 
language was
not considered to be of much value. And so it is erroneously carried over to
books, papers, and other maps to date.
<unquote>
  Myron Avery used 'Katahdin' alone when writing about the mountain in 1935
and also in the 1942 MATC guide to Katahdin. ("Katahdin is a mountain
preeminent.") Theodore Winthrop in 'Life in the Open Air' used 'Katahdin' in 
1935, and
Governor Baxter used 'Katahdin' alone almost exclusively. ("Katahdin in all 
its
glory forever shall remain the Mountain of the people of Maine.")
  Baxter Peak is the rename of 'Monument Peak' in honor of Gov. Baxter.
hope this helps,
TJ

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