Savoring Indian Summer

Posted at 2:30 on October 7, 2012 by Andrew Sullivan
Maria Konnikova explores autumn's final warm spell, known as Indian Summer, got its name: According to one account, the name is simply an accident of geography: the time of year was first recorded by early settlers in regions where Indians abounded. Others, however, hold that it refers to the haze in the air that resulted from Indian prairi...