_Anoah_, with the Indians, is the name of a rambling person, or one of unsettled residence, and _Anoah ookproo_, is literally a bad rambling person, “a renagadoe:” likewise _Anoah ookproo’shto_ makes it a superlative, on account of the abbreviation of _Ishto_, one of the divine names which they subjoin. In like manner, _Noabe_ is the war-name of a person who kills a rambling enemy, or one detached as a scout, spy, or the like. It consists of the patriarchal name, _Noah_, and _Abe_, “to kill,” according to the Hebrew original, of which it is a contraction, to make it smoother, and to indulge a rapidity of expression. There is so strong an agreement between this compounded proper name, and two ancient Hebrew proper names, that it displays the greatest affinity between the warfaring red and white Hebrews; especially as it so clearly alludes to the divine history of the first homicide, and the words are adapted to their proper significations. Because the Choktah did not till lately trim their hair, the other tribes through contempt of their custom, called them _Pas’ Pharáàh_,“long hair,”[85] and they in return, gave them the contemptuous name, _Skoobálè’shtó_, “very naked, or bare heads,” compounded of _Skooba_, _Ale_, and _Ishto_: the same word, or _Waksishto_, with _Hasseh_ prefixed, expresses the _penem præputio detecto_; which shews they lately retained a glimmering, though confused notion of the law of circumcision, and the prohibition of not polling their hair. They call a crow, _Pharah_; and _Pas’pharáàbe_ is the proper name of a warrior, who killed an enemy wearing long hair. It is a triple compound from _Pásèh_, “the hair of one’s head,” _Pharaah_ “long,” and _Abe_, “killing,” which they croud together. They likewise say, their tongue is not {192} _Pharakto_, “forked,” thereby alluding probably to the formerly-hateful name of the Egyptian kings, Pharaoh.