Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-21

=, il by, tue pa
i' .,amoay follows as soon
'p'a5 rai'ng ngster is able to stand 1t.
W. 1sa indian. In the matter
" ''1r indians are very peculiar. A
p''' sare a dozen names or nt
pay VI He may name himself or
by his companions.
'nsI nasc nild is called by some d.
"' not name. sometimes eX-
',s l'n' Of the PRIDE and affection OF
sse t.,,f more commonly some
fa'D'' :..lanr to "sweetie" and
'9 fond white fathers and
,rbis is his name in his own
p''s d, others he is spoken OF as
NY - co and So or he may be
name by his boy companions
~ in admiration or derislon'
.,o world knows the fondhess OF
for bestowing nieknames ana ''s
nov is no exception. But a
name. to stick must be palpaols
,.,b1a 5r appropriate to the char
,r or some popularity OF 'he per
canned At a school or college
,,h Or Dossloly half of each class
hovp rieknames, the others not.
!. the ntcknames given by Indian
10 NOT always stick and have
several full-grown warriors who
,a,nas and were known only
their fathers sons.
m his initiation as a warrior, "nich
him is q ceremony equivalent to
Otism among Christians, he has the
sbt TO name himself, and from this
me- he has the right and it is the
stom to change his name after
Fpr successful raid or expedition,
nh change of name being expressive
the fullest appreciation Of his own
oportance and exploits.
These names are intended to be ex-
ressiye Of some particular action or
|tuation and are generally adapted to
real or fancied resemblance of the
|ctor to the known habits of animals
\ birds with whicn they are familiar
thus a warrior, who, brought to bay,
las beaten off his enemies, names him
ELF the standing Bull" another who
makes a dash on a camp or village
nd carries off woman or child, calls
imself the Eagle" yet another who
oes off alone, and prowling about the
nemy's camp returns with stories OF
r evidences of rapine. names himself
Lone Wolf" The paint used on all
lese expeditions has more or less po-
mt influence on the medicine and
9 does not forget it's efficacy, conse-
lently many names indicate not only
e action but the color of his paint.
he most common names, therefore,
nong Indians are those indicating
me animals or material object as a
rt of surname, while the color with
lich he has bedecked himself fur
shes the first or what we call the
lristian name, as "Yellow Bear"
White Eagle" BLACK Beaver" Red
g." etc.
But these changes of name, though
atifyng to his own vanity, are not
ways accepted by his companions or
e tribe generally. Even the most
nowned warriors can not always
ntrol the disposition to ridicule or
ekname, which the indians possess in
degree, and however he
~ name himself. he is likely to be
dressed, known and spoken of by
people of the tribe by an entirely
ferent name.
Any personal defect, deformity OF
aract4 ar ny cacuaI incident furniSh-
ground for a good story is eagerly
zed upon as a fit name. Powder
ce, the war chief of the Arapahoes
N in well-fought combats and des'
rate adventures the right to adopt a
zen names, yet he is known to all
lins tribes and to the whites by the
le which was given him by having
face badly burned by an explosion
Tr,Wder when he was a young man.
an Afraid of His Horse" received, ii
said, his name from having on the
aston of an attack on his camp by
Stile Indians saved his horse but
his family in the hands of the en-
y.
ilris are named by their mothers
d frequently have fanciful titles in
atlng something that the mother