Native American Chief Gets Dentures, Renamed "Grows New Teeth"

1920

INDIAN RECHRISTENED AT 92

"Many Tail Feathers" Is Named "Grows New Teeth" After a Visit to the Dentist.

San Francisco. — Chief Many Tail Feathers, ninety years of age, and prominent in the Indian colony at the exposition, possesses a single tooth — gnarled and battered by many years' service.

"The white brother may have his teeth replaced — why not the Indian to whom the Great Father in Washington promises all things that are good?" pondered the aged chief.

Many Tail Feathers conferred with Chief Bull Calf, and now that Many Tail Feathers has been measured up for a new set of pearlies his tribe has rechristened him "Grows New Teeth."


MANY INDIAN BODIES FOUND

But No Trace of Princess Nachoochee or Prince Sautee in Georgia Mound.

Nacoochee, Ga. — Representatives of the Smithsonian institution have unearthed 42 bodies from an Indian mound in Nacoochee valley, one of the largest Indian, mounds in the United States. Its base covers nearly half an acre and it is 40 feet high.

The mound is supposed to be the burial place of Princess Nachoochee and Prince Sautee. So far there have been no evidences found to warrant that assumption.

Many broken pieces of earthenware have been found. Only one whole earthen jar has been excavated, and it was accidentally broken by a workman.


TO RESTORE INDIAN NAMES

Bill to Be Introduced in Congress to Make Change In Montana

Seattle. — Blackfoot Indian names are to be substituted for the white men's names in Montana in a bill to be presented to Congress this year, according to James Williard Schultz, author of books on Indian life.

For 26 years Mr. Schultz lived among the Blackfoot Indians and was adopted with the name Api Kuni, or Spotted Robe. He has seen the Indian names disappear and the mountains, rivers and peaks receive the names of white men.

"One day this summer," he said, "a rather prominent man and his little daughter were stopping at Glacier National park. He wanted to name something. A falls there had as yet received no name. So the name of his little daughter Frances was used.

"One beautiful lake, McDermott lake, would, according to the new order, receive the name of the Fighting Women's lake, because of old traditions. A mountain would be called Little Dog Mountain.

"The white names mean nothing," explained Mr. Schultz. "while the names the Indians would give would be explanatory, besides being beautiful."

—The Appleton Daily Post, Appleton, Wisconsin, January 7, 1920, page 3.