Ponca-Pawnee Name Inquiry

[Mark J Awakuni-Swetland]

Good Morning All,
I received this inquiry from John Carter at the Nebraska State Historical 
Society. Any speculations on this name?
Many thanks,
Uthixide

Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Ph.D.
http://omahalanguage.unl.edu

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"John Carter" <jcarter at nebraskahistory.org> 
08/22/2007 04:16 PM

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Another question




Mark
I am working on some stuff on Julius Meyer, the German Jew in Omaha who 
claimed to speak six languages and opened the Indian goods store on Farnam 
Street. 
He claimed to have been given and Indian name, which he spelled Box ka re 
sha hash ta ka, which he translated as “Curly haired white man with one 
tongue.”  I have two accounts, one that he got it from the Pawnee and one 
that he got if from the Ponca.  I asked James Riding In if that name made 
sense to him:  he thought it more likely that it was “Curly haired white 
dude who that a buffalo robe was worth a carton of Marlboros.”  It does 
look like one of those Pawnee jawbreakers but I thought I would just shoot 
it across your bow for an opinion. 
Thoughts?
Thanks, John
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