Show I First Time Used Mr Albert Matthews has shown that the expression Indian Summer does not occur anywhere either in printed books or manuscripts until the year 1794 but at that time it was in use throughout the Atlantic states The popular belief that Indian Indian Indian In In- dian Summer weather was predicted by the native Indians in conversation conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion with the first European settlers finds no documentary corroboration and the idea that the term Indian Summer was employed by the early settlers seems to be a myth In Ini i general neither this term nor anything anything anything any any- thing corresponding to it is to be found in any Indian language The term Indian Summer in its present usage was introduced into England from America In 1778 Horace Walpole Walpole Wal- Wal pole used the same expression but buthe buthe buthe he evidently had in mind the intense intense intense in in- tense heats of the midsummer weather in India and the West Vest InI In In- dies I |