Paola

[Ian Livingston]

I wonder what the chances are that Pynchon knew this? I mean the Malta
thing is obvious and probably all one needs to know, but this is
interesting, just the same.

(Wikipedia)

Language and name

The Peoria spoke a dialect of the Miami-Illinois
language<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami-Illinois_language>.
The name "Peoria" derives from their
autonym<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym> or
name for themselves in the Illinois language, *peewaareewa* (modern
pronunciation *peewaalia*). Originally it meant, "Comes carrying a pack on
his back."[2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_tribe#cite_note-1>No
speakers of the Peoria language survive.

...
During the 1950s, the US government pursued a policy of Indian
termination<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_termination_policy> to
end its special relationship with tribes. It dissolved the Peoria tribal
government, which lost federal recognition in 1959. Tribal members objected
and began the process to regain federal recognition, which they achieved in
1978.[6] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_tribe#cite_note-ohs-5>
...
Namesakes

   - The city of Peoria,
Illinois<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois> and
   the surrounding Peoria
County<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois> are
   named after the tribe which lived in that area.
   - The Peoria War <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_War> occurred in
   this area but is named for the town, as the tribe had already left for
   Missouri before this conflict occurred.
   - Peoria, Oklahoma <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Oklahoma>
and Paola,
   Kansas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola,_Kansas> are named directly
   for the tribe. Many other places named
Peoria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_named_Peoria> and
   US Navy ships were named after the town in Illinois.


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the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in
reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
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