【美国人物志】查尔斯·伊士曼 (3/10)

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Cheyenne River
"Rain-in-the-Face"
Gros Ventres
Sioux"I was born near the Cheyenne River about 70 years ago. My family were not great chiefs, but they were good warriors and great hunters.
I was given the name "Rain-in-the-Face" as a young man. This was after a great battle when we were on a warpath against the Gros Ventres tribe.
I had painted my face with warpaint that day. I had wished my face to represent the sun when partly covered with darkness. So I painted it half-black, half red.
We fought all day in the rain and some of the war paint on my face was washed away. Much of the black and red paint had run together. So I was given the name "Rain-in-the-Face." We Sioux considered it an honorable name.