Show ORIGIN OF 01 UTAH PLACE NAMES we have received from the salt lake city office of the utah works progress administration a copy of the very valuable and needed book the origin of utah place names compiled and written by the utah federal writers project under the sponsorship of the state De of public instruction we would call attention to a lit tie tle error which it if the volume goes into another edition may be correct ed the volume says kanosh named tor for kanosh a Pa livant indian chief whose tribe was converted to mormonism it Is said that after his ills conversion his skin gradually became whiter until he was almost like a white man this was true of Paus chaunt an aged indian locally always known as but never true in any degree of chief kanosh the in formant in this case got mixed as to identity A clipping from the deseret news of many years ago reads the aged indian of a southern utah tribe now nearly ex has been brought to salt lake to be taken to the world s fair at st louis to be exhibited as a wonder his name is Paus chaunt and readers of the deseret news know something of the discussion that has arisen over the reason tor for his having turn ed white he declares that it Is in fulfillment of a promise made to him long ago that he should become white through forsaking the ways of war and pursuing the paths of peace and religion physicians have asserted that the change Is simply the result of dis ease but whether that conclusion is correct or the views that some others entertain are right he Is nev erth eless the object of much curios ity fly the change Is said to have corn com fenced 35 years ago and gradually extended until a great part of his body has become as white as a cau can casian s Paus chaunt has been in salt lake since friday in company with dr C I 1 foote of los angeles and mr james george of kanosh the latter acting as interpreter as the aged ab orl ginee does not speak a word of english he is said to be years old and Is exceedingly nimble and active for an old man he appears to be delighted at the prospect of his 1 16 trip to st louis it the volume goes to press tor for an other edition this whitening should not be attributed to kanosh the misinformation will become wide spread before it Is corrected |