Show indian ian tribe names given 31 v e n by palefaces es lany many have fancy ampela eions wished on them boston A large proportion of the lie indian of the american south bouth west cat accept names damel have been 1 hen them by othe others rii their tribal names frequently appear to have little or no meaning bor lor instance the nanjo and tind the true apache to an ex tent blood brothers know themselves in ns dine or I 1 for which the tribal translation usually given ath with R detached air of immateriality ill I 1 merely people the same some la Is true of or the piroa pima designation of themselves tile are the A a talim the true PI ma being the A a bahm Ald Akl malt or illier people for they dwell mainly along the olla gila and the salt while their near relatives the papago are the aa an a tarn tam to o no or desert people bay says the christian science mont tor the pima pee mah probably were so earned named by the first spaniard to meet this friendly and Indus industrious trio us agrimi tural people without doubt the spaniard thrusting out a finger inquired who are your you the answer coming in simplest form 1 I don t understand you or timah illmah che and pima they ever after have been a accepting cc epting the name without question their rela tives were known to the spaniard as the pimas aimas Frijo leros or papa go I 1 lutholtz Lum holtz and hodge call them pa papa oo o tam or bean people the Butterf butterflies lieL near the I 1 lima ima are the maricola maricopa Mari Mar copa leopa a yuman tribe probably named by the same early spaniard who when he saw approaching a number of indians gorgeously painted in yellow and black admiringly exclaimed indies Marl posas or butterfly indians the name accepted appears to be the indian rendition of mariposa Marl posa it la Is much the came same with alth the great tribe at the mouth of the gila IN hen the spaniard came and asked ailed bis his question it may have been understood in a personal cense sense a young indian proudly answering ya ma yo 1 I am the son of it chief I 1 the tribal name Is cabban which appears to appertain to the colorado river the mohave greatest of the thoo yu to roans mans indians of Shosho ean classification have a more naming from the needles three peaks that rise beside the on the east known to the river deop as iia ila rouk muk abl the three moon tain the first two syllables yuman tor for three of the tame same at ock and near neighbors are the rather degenerate Hual pal or Wal lapal name has to do with the pine trw tree also of yuman lock stock ll 11 the indian in the bottom of the marvel canvin the th ellava llara no I 1 ill 1 11 e tile of the allue water the water anter indeed ie Is blue as it rises nen nea their huge in giant font springs and then plunges over beautiful falla falls and cataract cataracts for miles till it reaches the murky glorado till of late years the house dv dweller ellers on the means mesas of tulinn have been knon ai as Aloo mogul lut an opprobrious designation by neighboring tribes its meaning filthy er or decayed inith deference to the decree degree of objection felt by the indians the name pow dow sp plied Is lloil from the tribal besig nation of meaning peaceful I 1 leople eople A mistaken derivation the navajo in error have been bought thought to have been named by the spaniard spaniards as helfers KnI fers for navajo in spanish means I 1 pocket knife in reality the word Is an indian one meaning place of large plantings the first spaniards called them apaches de tava joa priche Is a zuni or pueblo word meaning simply enemy there are many apache apaches in the southwest the true possessors posse bors of the name being of plains origin or tic stock its main sub subdivisions divis I 1 ons being the white mountain besca mescalero I 1 ero mescal eaters Coyo teros cros of the coyote or coyote eaters ojos bojos Cal lentee lentes warm springs or MIm brenos of the mimbres river and ja nos the last two being rather closely allied and furnishing the vorst worst of the indian outlaws such as those which fol followed loed fochts ls ju and geronimo the Arav alpas contos a mixed tribe and others imagine any one cheerfully accepting a tribal name of fool for that Is what tonto means in spanish some of the outlaw bands of the yuman people euch such as the modave apache and yunja apache were not real apaches though fully as destructive se and usually were ready to fight the real dine |