[Ads-l] Antedates: was RE: Derivation of "Kentucky" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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The map Sam links to has a mountain range east of the Kentucke River called "Ouasioto Mountains", which got me looking for Ouachita mountains.
The OED has no listing for Ouachita, although it does include Ozarks.  (it has no listing for Ouasioto either, but that is not as surprising.)  

The book below antedates OED Monongahela (OED has 1805, for Monogahela Whiskey)

p. 27
"MONAUNGAHELA is a very large Branch, at whose Junction with Ohio stands Fort du Quesne."

p. 29 
"Louisa, New River and Green Briar, are fine large Branches of Canhawa; which in future Times will be of Service for the Inland Navigation of New Virginia, as they interlock with Monaungahela, Potomack, James River, Ronoak and the Cuttawa River."

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> I think you can get it at
> http://jeffersonswest.unl.edu/archive/view_doc.php?id=jef.map.00012
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> -sam clements
> ---- "Baker wrote:
> > This fascinating text is an analysis of a map of the middle British
> colonies.  Is that map available online anywhere?
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> > John Baker
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> > 1755, Aug. 9 ( preface) Geographical, Historical, Political,
> > Philosophical and Mechanical Essays ..., Volume 3  By Lewis Evans (
> Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall. MDCCLV. And sold by
> R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, London, 1755 ):
> >
> > Kentucke [note for margin--map location?] is larger than the
> foregoing [river], has high Clay Banks, abounds in Cane and
> Buffaloes...."
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> >
> https://books.google.com/books?id=gK1bAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=louisa+river
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