Agarn: “How did the Hekawis get their name?”
Wild Eagle: “Glad you asked. Many moons ago, tribe leave Massachussetts because Pilgrims ruin neighborhood. Tribe travel west, over stream, over river, over mountain, over mountain, over river, over stream. Then come big day. Tribe fall over cliff. That when Hekawi get name. Medicine man say to my ancestor, ‘I think we lost. Where the heck are we?’”
> That when Hekawi get name. Medicine man say to my ancestor, ‘I think we lost. Where the heck are we?’”
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I don’t care who you are. That’s funny right there.
Wild Eagle: “Glad you asked. Many moons ago, tribe leave Massachussetts because Pilgrims ruin neighborhood. Tribe travel west, over stream, over river, over mountain, over mountain, over river, over stream. Then come big day. Tribe fall over cliff. That when Hekawi get name. Medicine man say to my ancestor, ‘I think we lost. Where the heck are we?’”
I cannot say with certainty whether this information you posted is accurate.
On the Colorado river around 1972, deep in the Grand Canyon, camped for the night (post F Troop?), an esteemed scholar of Arizona history, Budge Ruffner, related a similar history but without a doubt he identified the tribe as the "Figarawis".
The chief and his scout had gone scouting ahead but when they returned to their camp the entire tribe had disappeared.
They say that to this day, on the rim of the canyon you can hear the plaintive call of the chief upon his return to the empty camp.
"Where the Figarawis?". Very sad story. ;-)