Lee... You are EXACTLY right.... in my 30 years of research... I have seen many explanations.... one called it "The Dark and Bloody Ground".... but as you stated... no one really knows except that IT WAS a name given to the area by the Indians... that much we do know... Johnny Mack Souder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Hoffman" <lhoffman@acm.org> To: "MIDIguru" <souderj@mindspring.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [KYBATH] Interesting info on Kentucky > MIDIguru wrote: > >Everything is correct EXCEPT the origin of the name.... it comes from > >an Indian work OK, but it does not mean "Land of tomorrow".... there > >are several derivations of what it means but none of them are as > >"sanitized" so to speak, as the one you mentioned.... most > >renditions have to do with "bloody ground", etc. Kentucky was > >predominately a hunting ground for various Indians and a "War Zone" of > >sorts also... > > Actually, the official response I have hear is "no one knows". There are > many supposedly accurate sources describing Kentucky as having come from > all kinds of Indian words -- including those mentioned as well as others, > but none give their sources and most are just repeating what someone else > has stated (again without citing a source). So it could be "nice vacation > resort" for all we know. <g> > > > Lee Hoffman/KY > TMG Tips: <http://www.tmgtips.com> > My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman> > A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG) >