With the Indians every month has a name expressive of its season. The appellations will vary of course as the circumstance which gives the month its name is more or less hastened or deferred. The "_corn-moon_" of the Iroquois, on the northern lakes, would hardly be the _corn-moon_ of the Creeks in Georgia. The Northern Indians call March, (the month in which their year begins,) the _worm-month_, because in this month the worms quit their retreats in the bark of the trees, where they have sheltered themselves during the winter. April is the _moon of plants_. May the _moon of flowers_. June _the hot moon_. July the _buck-moon_. August is called the _sturgeon-moon,_ because that fish becomes abundant in this month. September, the _corn-moon_, because the corn is gathered in that month. October, the _travelling-moon_; as at this time they leave their villages, and travel towards the place where they intend to spend the winter. November, the _beaver-moon_; the month of commencing their hunts for the beaver. December, the _hunting-moon_, because they employ this month in pursuit of game. January, the _cold moon_, as this month has the most intense cold of any month. February, the _snow-moon_, because most snow falls in this month. The Delawares, while they lived on the Atlantic coast, called March the _shad-moon_; after they removed to the interior they called it the _sap-moon_; October was their _corn-moon_, &c. It may be remarked, that the designations given to the months are derived from some remarkable trait of character, peculiarity of season, or extraordinary event. Were they in England, they would suit those names to the prominent circumstance occurring in the month. The March of the present year would probably have been the "Month of the Silver Cross," i.e. "The Catholic Month;" and, were they living at the West End, and frequenters of the Park, at the season when it is crowded with beautiful faces, that season would undoubtedly receive the name of the "Season of Starflowers," or the "Month of the Rainbow birds." (5) _Master of Life_.--p. 7.