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Show TS ffi. Bell Syndicate. WNU Scrvlc. iid Little Zion Named by Mormon Colonist Band nd ne Every once in a while some locnl-nj locnl-nj lty is fortunate enough to be baptized Hl properly, we can tnanlc ungliam ie Young and his Mormon followers for ,g the fact that we may now glibly say, Q.' "We're Off to Zion" Instead of twisting twist-ing our tongues around "Mukuntn-weap." "Mukuntn-weap." n' JIukuntuweap Is a nice enough name, meaning "land of the springs," according to a Utah scholar, John 0(; Wallis, who has traced the name to )(j Its Indian source. The name was jg given to this national park when It s. was first created by congress. lv That may be the reason that trnv-r't; trnv-r't; elers were slow In discovering Its n. wonders. They just didn't know how 1(j to ask for it, like the man who would ie like to buy a wife a fancy French )y perfume but has to compromise on c. "violet," which he can pronounce. In TO IS I resident u llson went t 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 f shining domes, rainbow colors and i unearthly shapes, and Immediately i named It "Little Zion" as It seemed j the one place on parth closest to the |