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<blockquote data-quote="Illiini" data-source="post: 1327006" data-attributes="member: 625513"><p>What a maroon: "<strong>Iowa Hawkeyes</strong> (Division I): The name originally derives from James Fenimore Coopers Delaware Indian character..."</p><p></p><p>It behooves a writer to know what he's talking about. "Hawkeye" was one of several nicknames for Natty Bumpo, the protagonist in the <em>Last of the Mohicans</em>. He was also know as Pathfinder, Deerslayer, and Leatherstockings. The American Indian this writer-who-shall-go-unnamed-because-he-deserves-it is Chingachgook...who as the title of the above named book suggests, was a Mohican. Chingachgook's son was Uncas, who was killed in the book, and was the book's namesake.</p><p></p><p>Ironically enough, the Delaware Indians--the Delaware tribe--back in the day, as any Boy Scout in Eastern Pennsylvania knows, were the Lenni Lenape. Because they lived along the Delaware River--which is the border between PA and NJ--they became known as the Delaware. The irony is that the river was not named after the Indians, but rather Lord de la Warre. </p><p></p><p>It's a shame people who write about Native Americans know so little about writers and Native Americans. Looks like someone laid off their factcheckers, too. :tsk:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illiini, post: 1327006, member: 625513"] What a maroon: "[B]Iowa Hawkeyes[/B] (Division I): The name originally derives from James Fenimore Coopers Delaware Indian character..." It behooves a writer to know what he's talking about. "Hawkeye" was one of several nicknames for Natty Bumpo, the protagonist in the [I]Last of the Mohicans[/I]. He was also know as Pathfinder, Deerslayer, and Leatherstockings. The American Indian this writer-who-shall-go-unnamed-because-he-deserves-it is Chingachgook...who as the title of the above named book suggests, was a Mohican. Chingachgook's son was Uncas, who was killed in the book, and was the book's namesake. Ironically enough, the Delaware Indians--the Delaware tribe--back in the day, as any Boy Scout in Eastern Pennsylvania knows, were the Lenni Lenape. Because they lived along the Delaware River--which is the border between PA and NJ--they became known as the Delaware. The irony is that the river was not named after the Indians, but rather Lord de la Warre. It's a shame people who write about Native Americans know so little about writers and Native Americans. Looks like someone laid off their factcheckers, too. :tsk: [/QUOTE]
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