 | Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin His writings spanned five decades and have been instrumental across a wide range of academic disciplines. Most importantly, Read devoted a good portion of his research to the meaning of place names in the southeastern United States--especially as they related to Indian word adoption by Europeans. This volume includes his three Louisiana articles combined: Louisiana: Louisiana Place-Names of Indian Origin (1927), More Indian Place-Names in Louisiana (1928), and Indian Words (1931). Joining Alabama's reprint of Indian Places Names in Alabama and Florida Place Names of Indian Origin and Seminole Personal Names , this volume completes the republication of the southern place name writings of William A. Read. George M. Riser is a retired internist, Louisiana native, and a vocational archaeologist and historian of Louisiana's past. |
