The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-05
REMAINING THE INDIANS.
IT'S a Tough Job TO which Hamlln Garland
Has Been Assigned.
From the Torou1 Isdo.

| Nb T0uyn Job TO Whlch Hamlln Garland
Has been Assigned.
From the Tacoma Ledger
The recent order OF the Interior Depart =
| ment appointing Hamlin Garland the well
! known writer Of Indian stories, to revise
! Indian names Of the United States. ia arousing
much interest M the Indian school on the
, Puyallup reservation Major Frank Terry,
who la in charge of the school. and also ex-
ercises supervision over the reservations OF
northwestern Washington, has made a study
| oflndan names for the past ten years and has
| written mucn upon the subject
The new order comes personally home to
| the Indians all over the country, az the char1-
ing and abrdging Of the names Of the Indians
Ia a part of MIR Gnrland's work II has been
| found that Indians in various sections are
} named indls crimnately, and it is impossible
to tell by the name the relationship Of one
Indian to the other This resulted in com
| plications daily on the reservations. Major
Terry talks Interestingly upon the subject
| and In an interview says:
| Transitions Of Indian names, as n rule.
have been unsatisfa Ct DRY. though there are
| exceptions The case Is reported from the
| Pawnee reservation 0klahomn. Of an Indian
| named COo-rux-ruh-rah-ruk- koo. The literal
| Interpretation Of his name as given to me ia
| Fearing n -bear -that-is-wild With this in
depreciation the. agent named him Fearing
b Wilde This is not bad arrangement.
| but there are many Indians whom have met
| with whose names could not be 80 nicely
| altered For instance. | remember a Crow
J Indian whose name. translated, was Kills
| Observation-Disclosures mark -in-the centre Of
| the-chn Others met were named Bob
| tail-wof-No g. Keeps his head above
water, 'Walk-in-the-water. 'Rain-in-the-
! face Crnzy-horse,' yellow bonnet, and
| Afraid- of his enemy These names, of
| course. ore uncouth. un-American. and I'M
civilized
AS the Indian oro1vs be commits acts from
time 10 time ench Of which gives him n new
name For eyample no NAV see bear and
run screamino IN n tenee The folks all
laugh nj him and call hin, 'ASraid-of-a- heor'
Later on he NAV become the possessor
os nm unrnlv nonv which he ia afraid IN ride
and then he becomea Lnown as 'Afraid-or.
his -horses Or he NAV mount n norge from
which another Indian has been tbown and
no thep heco,nea Lnown ns .R;des-tbe-h orae
Further no NAV hecona n great hunter ond
kill many wild animals and he then ia known
as 'Fiye-bears and when he slavs anotner
ba ia Lpo,v, N, CIV haoro 10 n,a,, n.rrorr,
a VALIANT da.d In hnt,la ord rida he norsa
through the camp ~ the enemv for which
he becomes known as .Cbarges-tbrouoh-
the-camn' During the CONFLICT ba NM, LIN
on. If tho enamv IL bis victi,, IL tho o,I,
| one slain he ia known ma 'Kilis-th.-anannv
Rut ~ otbars fail mo onn ha Lu,u nons, ia
descrihsd in his mama "a .Kills"the-oneN,ritn
| tbe-oog,c- fa,thar In HE oo,ir. 49, .Eyls ,ha
one-uho- ri,lsa tho non, ,,i,b ,hn hoh ,oil, ~
| he broids In HE b,ir n va,ow fo,tbor hioh
he has pluoked from the tail Of an eagle he
| yellow-taiI' .ysllow-feother n he gives il
co., ", - iIo So So, ~
10 ms iriehd ne VIII De known us lives
hs o"t If Rs tse1s IT, MSsn asfsa for
he has more than one featber,
.nn hn Vr ,, , "h.oia h,, 80, ,-.,, .ox,.
VT ne may pe'an' ms name from some
what is commonly known as a calico horse,
he will he known ma .snotted- borsa. B,,t
- his horss Mas n sbor, mi be will he r,an'o
!, ".s nurse n mas sno'. 'ai ne VIII DE Known
that he will be known by all the foregoing
names. His enemies in the tribe win con-
finn. m sneo, a. h,r, 40 .Iono oar,
'his 'horss nm, m,i,s his rS;ends w III
speak of him as Rides his horse Six
bears and 'Kills-the-enemy.' For this reason
it occurs that II you speak Of an Indian in
call him 'Six-bears. they may laugh at you
and say: That is not his name: his name is
"Runs- from N hear Rut ~ ,o,, aneok ~
him to other Indians and call him Runs
from a-bear,' they will scowl and say: That
not his name: his name is Kills the enemy 80
40 q dn,,,s;or ond q snnro ana 81 1890
az 81 I" a'u " ~ - , "tu s'o W
OF converting them into English is eminently
wise. 1t is certain that the name on the
roll Mt the agency ia only one Of anv indiana
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