calumet de paix
Rory M Larson
rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu
Fri Mar 5 22:41:07 UTC 2004
>> The other two Teton chiefs recognized in the same ceremony were:
>>
>> Un-ton gar-Sar bar, Black Buffalow
>>
>> Tar-ton-gar-wa-ker, Buffalow medison
>>
>> The latter seems good Teton (dropping the r's), but what about the
>> former? What is "Un-ton gar"?
>I don't know. The second part looks like thaNka 'big', of course.
Could the "Un" be short for oN'phoN, with a mistranslation of
"Buffalow" for "Elk"?
Rory
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