Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-05
PECULIAR INDIAN
Names RECALLED
SOME JAWBREAkERS THAT WILL
BE AMONG THE NAMES
PUBLISHED.
Peculiar Fondness for Animals Names
Noticed Among lndians-SiIk Kid
Ought to be a Smooth Article.

The opening of the Standing Rock
reservation results in the publishing
of the names of all the Indians hold
ing allotments on the reserve and the
proclivity of the Indian for peculiar
names is fully illustrated. Some of
the names of the Indian allottees
would make the Sphinx smile, it is
feared. For a good representation
of the noise made by the fans at a
baseball game the Wowwokiya fam
lily cognomen is near it, and for a.
jawbreaker try this, Towahintkawas-
twin, which must mean somethink
fine. Some pretty Indian maid must
have tired of the attentions shown
her by an ambitious brave and the
advice she gave him has chung ever
since, which is where Mr.. Chase
Along derived his name. 1t is hard
to believe it, but the Indian women
are evidently better marksmomen
than their white sisters, as to prove
it we have Ellen Shoots Near. Were
the whites named after some feat or
act not worthy there would be no
need of penittentiaries for the wick
ed could be recognized by their
names Still to Rbs aesFr va wodlea 4h hot Be
pleasant, yet Walter and Jennie
Horsethief have to do it, as well as
Kills Crow Indian and Julia Kills
Crow Indian.
The Lecompte family stands fair
show Of becoming wealthy in the ag-
gregate, for fifteen members of that
family are down as holding quarter
section each and fourteen of them
are located on consecutive quarters.
but the Kepton family has nineteen
members each with quarter section.
Animal names are freely drawn up-I
on, as witness, Little Bear, Zidol Red
horse, Zonie Eagle Wing, Scattering
Bear, Ida, Herbert, Julia and Louis
the Lone Elk family, the Whitebird
family, Mary Skunks, Mrs. Left Hand |
Bear, and Mrs. Bobtail Tiger. Some
of the women have names which |
would cause ma INTO stop and think |
before stirring them up, for in |
stance, if her disposition is like her
name, Mrs. Knocks Them Down |
might not be the kind to ask for a |
handout. Mrs. Clement Cold Hand !
and Mrs. Oscar Noheart surely belle
their names. Mrs. Joseph Two Kill
must have a real mean disposition,
and it would be advisable for Jennie |
Hairy Chin to make a trip to a der
matologist. Mrs Has Tricks prob
ably got the name from her success
In working her husband for an Easter
bonnet every year. Mrs. Takes The
Shirt can readily stir up trouble, If
she puts the name into force, for
what man wants that done to him
when he is getting ready to attend
powwow? "Kid" as a given name ap-
pears also on the reservation as we'll
as on the streets of the big cities,
and Kid Silk should be the smooth
article. Mrs. Walks Quietly would
not have a hard time in getting to
the front door, when her spouse
came home from the powwow, before
he knew she was there, and securing
an explanation as to why the lateness
3 the homecoming. rzHInterspersed
with the Indian names are those Of
white men who have taken 1nd1aR1
wives and some, we'll known names
are present, their. owners being men
OF prominence on the reservation.
with the influx Of new settlers the
Indians will make many new neigh.
bors and as many OF tAe Indian girls
are well educated and good looking
there is great probability of roman
ces springlng up. =