The injuns did they scalpin and whatnot, but they most likely didn't call it COUP or COUNTING COUP. Those are French words. So all this white man yammerin' about "counting coup" being a noun or verb is forked tongue white eye lies.
I bet the injuns didn't even have nouns OR verbs neither.
Savvy, kemosabe?
Bagster
Ahem, *cough* Iroquois *cough*, ahem.
Flathead Chief Two-Tongues LaBeau did. Jeremiah Johnson.
Maybe it’s best you don’t go pretending you’re a fantastic linguist.