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...The name buffalo is listed in many dictionaries as an acceptable name for American buffalo or bison. Samuel de Champlain applied the term buffalo (buffles in French) to the bison in 1616 (published 1619), after seeing skins and a drawing shown to him by members of the Nipissing First Nation, who said they travelled forty days (from east of Lake Huron) to trade with another nation who hunted the animals.[11] In English usage, the term buffalo dates to 1625 in North America, when the term was first recorded for the American mammal.[12] It thus has a much longer history than the term bison, which was first recorded in 1774.[13] The American bison is very closely related to the European bison (also known as wisent or the European wood bison).

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'True, dat'.



Mr. Cody also encountered many people he would likely have referred to as 'Indians', a once common descriptor applied to persons indigenous to North America that had never set foot in, or likely heard of, India.

Centuries prior, 'Columbus' (born Cristoforo Colombo by some accounts, known as Cristobal Colon to the Spanish) had been sponsored by wealthy patrons to find a seaward 'short cut' from Europe to India and to return with holds full of oriental spices - particularly pepper.

Having failed at both tasks he brought captive Caribbean Islanders and ground chilies back to these patrons and passed them off as 'Indians' and 'peppers'.

Tomato, tomatoe, potato, potatoe? The 'nickel' still bought a doughnut, chili 'peppers' are hot and tasty, and 'clips' perform their function. The 'Indians' got the short end.

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Citizen of the Cherokee Nation