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suitable to his prowess ; but such an effort is 

 never attempted in really wild places, where it 

 would be greeted with huge derision ; for all 

 of these names that are genuine are bestowed 

 by outsiders, with small regard to the wishes 

 of the person named. Ordinarily the name 

 refers to some easily recognizable accident of 

 origin, occupation, or aspect ; as witness the 

 innumerable Dutcheys, Frcncheys, Kentucks, 

 Texas Jacks, Bronco Bills, Bear Joes, Buck- 

 skins, Red Jims, and the like. Sometimes it 

 is apparently meaningless ; one of my cow- 

 puncher friends is always called " Sliver " or 

 " Splinter " why, I have no idea. At other 

 times some particular incident may give rise 

 to the title : a clean-looking cowboy formerly 

 in my employ was always known as " Muddy 

 Bill," because he had once been bucked off 

 his horse into a mud hole. 



The grewsome genesis of one such name is 

 given in the following letter which I have just 

 received from an old hunting-friend in the 

 Rockies, who took a kindly interest in a fron- 

 tier cabin which the Boone and Crockett Club 

 was putting up at the Chicago World's Fair. 



" Feb i6th 1893 ^er Sir : I see in the newspapers 

 that your club the Daniel Boon and Davey Crockityou 

 Intend to erect a fruntier Cabin at the world's Far at 

 Chicago to represent the erley Pianears of our coun- 

 try I would like to see you maik a success I have 

 all my life been a fruntiersman and feel interested in 

 your undertaking and I hoap you wile get a good assort- 

 ment of relicks I want to maik one suggestion to you 

 that is in regard to geting a good man and a genuine 

 Mauntanner to take charg of your haus at Chicago I 

 want to recommend a man for you to get it is Liver- 



