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92 John E. Rbes
How the Shoshoni Indian word "Ee-dah-how" was eventu- ally transformed into the English word "Idaho" is a task for the etymologist ; but, whatever may be its etymology, the word '^Idaho" and its meaning, "Gem of the Mountains," are for- ever fixed as correlated terms in the vocabulary of the people of Idaho.
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