Angitapa (Ăn′gi-tạ-pä′). Name applied by Shoshone Indians to Rock Creek, Idaho.
Antelope (ăn′tḗ-lōp). Animal akin to the deer, a native of the Western plains and open mountain valleys. Commonly called pronghorns. The North American pronghorn is not a true antelope.
Balzamoriza (bäl′zạ-mō-rī-zạ). A species of plant with showy yellow blossoms, and velvety leaves, belonging to sunflower family. Commonly known as “spring sunflower.” The seeds were used by Indians for food. It grows about one foot high.
Bannocks (Băn′nŏcks or Pä′no͝oks). Tribe of western Indians allied to Shoshones. Dr. Robert Lowie, of the American Museum of Natural History, gives the name Banaite as the one he found applied by the Lemhi Indians to the Bannocks.
Chaps (from Spanish-American chaparajos). Leather or sheepskin leggings worn by cowboys to protect their legs from thorny bushes while riding.
Chief Joseph. Leader of Nez Percé Indians during sixties and seventies, who with Chief Looking-Glass and others led his tribe in a revolt against the United States, and afterwards fled with his people towards Canada, but was overtaken by soldiers under General Miles, captured, and held in this country.
Coyote (kī-ō′te). Animal of the wolf family, a native of Western plains. Picturesquely described by Mark Twain in his Roughing It.
Echo Canyon. A canyon about twenty miles in length, leading from southwestern Wyoming westward into Utah. Through this canyon ran the pony express and overland trail. The canyon is so named because of the clear echoes made by its red sandstone cliffs.
Fort Hall. The first Fort Hall was a fur-trading post on the Snake River, about fifteen miles to the north of Pocatello. The second Fort Hall was a military post about fifteen miles to the east of original site. The third and present Fort Hall is on Ross’s Fork, about ten miles northeast of Pocatello on Oregon Short-line. Now it is the headquarters of the Indian Agency of that name.
Gosiutes (Gō′shūtes). Name given to scattered bands of Indians living in the deserts of western Utah and eastern Nevada. “Go” in this Indian dialect is said to mean desert or waste place; hence Gosiutes would mean desert Utes.