The sun., 1902-07-20
THE IDtHO TONGJE.
Words That One H-ars on the va, te the
Thunder Mount attn Nine>.

Words That One uears on tne way v" "e
Thunder Mountain Ninr>.
Borsp, Idaho, July 10 The excitement
over the new gold fields IN IN" Thunder
Mountain district 81 central Idaho has at
tracted many strangers hlther On" of
the things that strike hem first j. the vocab-
ulary tha, forms part ~ ,h. daily sT~s-ch
among th" natives
TO lob l. favoritr expression for
getting the better ~ a person IN deal or
for playing a practical jok" on him. IL
one l. telling an .x,rsvagant story some
BODY il sure 20 ash. -Wha' kind ~ box
Of ralve are YOU trying to open now
A person who il always trying TO Joh'
his fellows II said to l,- -T-rddlng the bull
This expression originated with the cattle
rangers who tried tn dispn-. ~ frafflous
s,e.rs And the box ~ -alve' was con-
sider,-i part iCularly apt for tho-- who
considered themselves -month-
T.ndcrfuot IL, of cour-. th" general ap-
T-rlla,ion given Ia every newcomer. though
/, j. not extensively u--'d
II" man going over the trail for the first
time l. frequently called a -h,~ph"rie:
by the uId mouuiain"er. In fact. sheep
herder ha- com" tu he \ term of contempt
for IN. r,a-uu that when . man has proved
his utter unftu"-- for Everything "l-'' IN
TIM Western country he 'euds sheep
Then again II he l. irving 20 -" a dia-
mond hitch and finds h~ 'ingrr- all thumbs,
IN. packer will call him an alfalfa -hov"ll"r,
for the same reason tha, rh" r-'opl" II III"
Eas, call a clumsy man farmer Tia,
alfalfa >hnV"llrr l. a very necessary man
abou, a bug hav ranch hu' among pack'r-
t. ps4 t.tffT f,tF
Jokes and Iib"-
When the t"ndefiurf grt- among "". m,u-
ing mrn and trgin" to lrarn how 10 SWING a
drill some one = sure 80 tell him that D."
would d. much hotter To- l.. uur pitching
a Camas hook This refer 1" IA" psui,i"
who work IA. Cana- prairic- IA mort h"rn
Idaho Another similar term u palu,Ss't
which il ~" uamn given 'u ~" grrat farm
ing community INIng ~ PaIou-' county,
IA southeastern Washington 'of~e Is called
herrv iuce amt shsk"y - commonly
known a. -fghun' stun Wher man
s'et,- up to 'he laI. h" never u-'- IN" term
whi-kev l. ~ Away liquor, that he
calls for R'an>, which ar" III" -ispl" food
FOR tho-r ~ the hill-, have reCeiv"d ~"
name Idaho strawt"rrl"~
The bread mad" m ~" mou'anS -
queer mixture oi -four. ha.ing powder
and water. This IL baked IN skillet or
frying pan before an open Camltr" and u
generally favored with a ll"raI uuGnu'y
81 smoke and aSh"-.
often the fre Is too hot aud causes the
br,.ad Ia crust before IA" inside has been
thoi oughly -donrd. having ~ pa-'N
na.- such bread - called a dough god,
and the hungry prusp+Ctor eats " IN -l'"
of IT, failing
Then again the baker ~oTn"tines grts too
much sr~as., M hi- -kill"t and the bread
will moi hold together when TAXED H."
result IL known ~ shorts l-Sau-' ~ all
falls TO picr-- Good cam fir bread -
regularly called -bannock. term gen
orally used In the West. ENefvlDdN calls
potators .-puds
The invasion of the new gold fields has
created an unusual demand for tough
hor-.~ and a. result all sorts oi animals
have leon pr,,-Ss'Si into -"rNic" f"w
IL them attain the dignity of heing called
horses. A. the general term applied I" them
~ caviIS" which means range stock that
make- no prrten~e to being hlo'ded
Tho trip into the mountain - very nara
ono and fced j. -car,r ~ that bv the 'lui"
a horse gets through with the expedition
he resembles a rack 81 bonr- NOR" han
anything el-r ~ m" name of 'buIIafd-
head has h.-.n given to this typ ~ animal
Tho men who have taken pari ~ ID"
pr,-..nt STAMPEDE into Thunder Mountain
are verv Cosmopolitan lot Their" a."
old-tirne miners from Mexico and Hril~h
Columbia Many ~ the men ar" i"rin"t
soldiers who have -s"n -rrNi" IN 'hi"
and the Phiupptnes, whlle som" WIZ
present AZ the siege 81 Pckin
Much nf the Western lingo - cprrupii"n
Of spanish and Indian For in-ianc"
one verv seldom hears IN" word -und"r-
stand savoy derived from III" Npau-
ish - used almost exclusively
''rlikum, meaning friend ~ pal. has
l.-,n taken from the Chinook Indians "a
Washington Siwash meaning Indian ~
man and -klootchman- meaning squaw "r
oman are al-o in general u-ag" W">'
erner not living ln III" city never -I-ak- ~
feminine or wumanly qualities a, such lie
always charaCi eriZ,s- them A. -Iuaw
A. YOU plod along ia" trail y"u frequently
hear a usck-r veil az HE hor~os. -hlatavah
klata ~ail- which translated means, yet
a move un vou.
f'"ui ifn.s~ tha r-.n making his hrr' mp
into Thunder Mountain IL called a mu-h'r.
hecau-e he takes all kindS ~ corral and
mushv foods with him. THIS word hh-
come down from AlaSks. On 'h" -~uti
trip he gcts the name of 'spurinH-h.
usually ipsraure he has learned how to mas"
hr,ad and slapiacks without taking powder
by substituting sour dough After that
he H. called -Ch-chako.- which l. !rd!an
for veteran or old timer
The n.wcomrrS call ldah- the state 81
Colossal iars and small matches, M first
h@cause the psople her, have vivid mag
nations and thu second bsSau-' Chimes
matches, better known a- heat hens,
arr used exclusively. Roth az th"-'' con
siderations rrQuiv th. newcomer to t-'
ON his g,iarh to keep from getting hurn'