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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 371 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OTTAWA , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

Franklin county, eastern See also:

KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas, U.S.A., situated on the Osage (Marais See also:

DES

des Cygnes) See also:

RIVER

river, about 58 m. (by See also:

RAIL

rail) S.W. of Kansas City. Pop. (1900) 6934, of whom 333 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1905) 7727; (1910) 767o. It is served by the See also:

ATCHISON

Atchison, See also:

TOPEKA

Topeka & See also:

SANTA

Santa Fe (which has large repair shops here) and the See also:

MISSOURI

Missouri Pacific See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. There is a See also:

Carnegie library, and See also:

FOREST

Forest See also:

Park, within the city limits, is a popular See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of conventions and summer gatherings, including the See also:

ANNUAL

annual Ottawa See also:

CHAUTAUQUA

Chautauqua See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly. Ottawa University (Baptist) was established here in 1865, as the outgrowth of See also:

Roger See also:

Williams University, which had been chartered in 186o for the See also:

EDUCATION

education of See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians on the Ottawa See also:

RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

Reservation, and had received a See also:

grant of 20,000 acres from the Federal See also:

government in 1862. The university comprises an See also:

academy, a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, a school of See also:

FINE

fine arts and a commercial college, and in 1909 had 406 students. Ottawa has an important See also:

trade in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and live-stock; soft See also:

COAL

coal and natural See also:

GAS

gas are found in the vicinity; the manufactures include See also:

FLOUR

flour, See also:

wind-See also:

mills, See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire-fences, See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, bricks,-brooms and foundry products. Ottawa was settled in 1854, and was first chartered as a city in 1866.

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