Piotr writes to Richard,

> Thank you, Richard. Proponents of the "transfer hypothesis" like to

forget that apart from New York there are many American cities called
simply York (AL, SC, PA, NE), not to mention the York River (VA). Are
we to believe that all these places were named for a provincial town
in England, unknown even to the best-educated Americans?

>
> It should also be obvious to anyone that the Americans originated

in the West (most likely in the area of the great, ancient and
mysterious Cahokia Mounds Civilisation, which we prefer to call the
Mississippi/Missouri Civilisation after the mighty rivers that
nourished it). Had they migrated westward from the East Coast, they
wouldn't speak of "the Old West" (and its legendary king Buffalo
Bill), and there wouldn't be so many placenames with the
adjective "New" in the East. Most of the great heroes of the Golden
Age (from the Earps to Jesse James, Bonnie and Clyde, etc.) were
active in the western or southwestern states.

>
> Piotr

Piotr speaks like a true historical revisionist. It's what usually
happens when someone looks for "origins" to support rampant
nationalism.

Gerry