wild cats etc

[Koontz John E]

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Anthony Grant wrote:
> RE: the Dakota form for 'white man', I have heard (possibly from you, John)
> that there have been folk-etymological attempts to link it up with a word
> meaning ' be evil'.

Not me I think.  Or, if I knew of this, I'd forgotten.  Possibly s^i'c^a
'bad'?  But I think if you added ?uN 'do', you'd have to change c^ (< *k)
to l.  However, as soon as I start forming new words in Dakotan, my
fundamental ignorance of the language shows.

> I've also heard Wasichu used as a term for whites among
> Indians who are not Siouan but who have an interest in Pan-Indianism.

Evangelical Dakotanism.