INDIAN NAMES
Each brave aims at winning a name. These Indian names are a sort of honorable nickname given in recog- nition of some exploit or personal gift. Thus Deerfoot was the great runner and Hawkeye had the sharp eyes. Killdcer was famous in our deer hunt, as also was Deerslayer; Grey-wolf was the best scout; Eel-scout was the one who slipped through the enemies’ lines as often as he pleased; Little Beaver was the best worker; Chicadee was the smallest; the noisy chatterer, for- ever showing off without doing any work, was called Bluejay; Spycatcher was given to a warrior who cap- tured a Hostile Spy by a deed of unusual daring.
The following also have been bestowed as honor- able distinctions: —
“Black Hawk,” “Redjacket,” “Wolverine,” “Krag,” “Mustang,” “Bald Eagle,” “Big Otter,” “Karonawa” (the runner), ‘“Speardeep,” “Decrblinder,” ‘Little Thunder,” ‘‘Neverscare,” “‘Strongheart,” “Big Moose,” “Redarrow,” “Manytongues,” “Strongbow,” “Eagle Eye,” “Plenty-coups,” “Twinklefoot,” ‘Sheet-light- ning,” “Wing-foot,” “White Thunderbolt,” “Leaping Panther,” etc.
On rare occasions the name was an inglorious one. Thus a lazy boy was called ‘“Young-man-afraid-of-a Shovel,” or “Shovel,” for short; another was “Scare- cat,” because of his timidity; one small boy whose ..text pokračuje
