Marsh try to deny "Monostatos" "Minnesota" connection while a blizzard socks Marshfield, MA on Mozart's birthday…;-0

On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 10:15:36 PM UTC-6, Anthony Marsh wrote:

On 2/3/2015 12:33 AM, Pamela Brown wrote:

Last week, McCroskey and Marsh marched forward with their "deny, deny,
deny" theory that there *could* be absolutely no connection between the
term *Monostatos* coined in 1791 in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute and
"Minnesota", a state which did not exist until the 1800's, much less the
"Minnesota" Orchestra which did not exist until its name was changed in
1968.

Was the word Minnesota used by Native Americans in 1791? Was Minnesota 
called Minnesota while it was only a territory before it became a state? 
Who chose the name Minnesota for that state?

Per:http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usaweb/snapshot/Minnesota.htm

"Minnesota is named after the Minnesota River. The river got its name from 
the Sioux Indian word "Minisota." That word comes from the words "minni," 
meaning "water," and "sotah," meaning "sky-tinted" or "cloudy." Therefore, 
Minnesota means "sky-tinted water" or "cloudy water." The Indians gave the 
river this name because of the blue clay that washed into it."