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Show Little Zion Named by Mormon Colonist Band Every once In a while some locality local-ity is fortunate enough to be baptized properly. We can thank Brigham Young and his Mormon followers for the fact that we may now glibly say, "We're Off to Zion" instead of twisting twist-ing our tongues around "Mukuntu-weap." "Mukuntu-weap." Mukuntuweap is a nice enough name, meaning "land of the springs," according to a Utah scholar, John Wallls, who has traced the name to its Indian source. The name wag given to this national park when It was first created by congress. That may be the reason that travelers trav-elers were slow In discovering Its wonders. They just didn't know how to ask for it, like the man who would like to buy' a wife a fancy French perfume but has to compromise on "violet," which he can pronounce. In 1918 President Wilson went back to the name originally given the region by Brigham Young, Young and a band of his colonists looking for new territory came upon the shining domes, rainbow colors and unearthly shapes, and immediately named it "Little Zion" as It seemed the one place on earth closest to the heavenly Zion. Chicago Daily News. |