in the name of a once powerful chief who lived in New England to that of Madoc, viz., Madokawando,--Madoc and _gwrando_, "to listen" or "to be obedient to," "to submit to or follow." The guttural g in the Welsh language is often dropped, especially before a vowel. Take the Welsh verb _gallu_, "to be able," or the noun _gall_, "energy, might," and by the omission of the letter _g_ the words will stand _allu_, _all_. _U_ is sounded like _e_ in English, hence allu would be pronounced alle. Alligeni (Alleghany) is a compound word, composed of _allu_, "mighty," and _geni_, "born," or "mighty born." This is the name of the people who once dwelt along the immense range called by that name, and were displaced by the powerful nations, particularly the Iroquois, who came from the northwest. Potomac has a more evident Greek origin, for its word for "river" is _potamos_. Pontigo seems to come from _pont_, "a bridge," and _go_, "a smith,"--"a smith's bridge." Nanticoke is found in _nant-y-cwch_, "a curved brook or river,"--a very appropriate designation for that tribe, whether applied prior to their leaving the river in Maryland or after ascending the Susquehanna. Appomattox--now well known to the world--signifies _appwy_, "appoint" or "name," and _Mattox_, "Madoc" or "Mattoc," the latter having the soft Silurian sound; hence, "Madoc's name." Madoc's Creek is known by most Virginians, and by others. It is well known that in the origin of Indian names it was customary for the tribes to assume those of the country they inhabited which had some distinct peculiarities. By this means, as they removed from one place to another, these names became multiplied. For example, the U-in-tats, known as a branch of the Utes, belonged to the Uintah Valley. U-imp is the name for pine; U-imtoo-meap, pine-land, which, contracted, means U-intahs. The origin of Ute is as follows: U is a term signifying arrow; U-too-meap, arrow-land, because the country bordering Utah Lake furnished the reeds for arrow-shafts. Aztlan seems clearly to have been derived from Welsh words having become mingled with Indian dialects, as _as_, "plane surface" or "area," and _lan_, "up," an elevated area or table-land. What better definition could be found to describe the Aztec plateau, beginning in Aztlan proper and continuing to widen into the Mexican plateau? The termination _lan_ is very common in the Aztec language. It is found in the names of tribes, their cities, and a multitude of other objects,--Tlascalans, Cholulans, and other peoples who dwelt in and around the upper countries of the Aztec empire. The terminations _an_ and _pan_, the latter indicating locality, as prefix or suffix, are very noticeable. So frequent also is the use of _ch_, _th_, and _ll_, that the Welsh student who speaks or reads aloud Aztec words is simply astounded by their perfect consonance with those of his native tongue.