Scorpio 29: An Indian squaw pleading to the chief for the lives of her children

The descend According proper from the t he n o un an I n di a n does not root.

Indo-European

Online
word

E t ym ol o gi c a l
English

D i c t i on a ry ,

entered

f r o m t h e L a t i n In di a , b y w a y o f t h e G r e e k

In di a m e a n i n g r e gi o n o f t h e I n d u s Ri v e r
a n d l a t e r u se d t o d e s c r i b e t h e re g i o n behind it. T h e se from two the terms Sanskrit d e sc e n d ultimately,

si n dh u

w h i c h m e a n s r i ve r . 1 T h e w o r d ri ve r d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I n d o - E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t r ei -1 w hi c h m e a n s t o s c r a t c h , t e a r, c u t . 2 O t h e r d e s c e n d a n t s i n c l u d e t h e w o r d s ri m o s e , ro w, ro pe , ri ve, ri f t ri fe , ri p a ria n, ra va ge,

a r ri ve , rip e, rea p, a n d ri pp l e .
T h e w o r d s q uaw d e s c e n d s f r o m t he M a s s a c h u se t ( A l g o n q u i a n ) sq u a m e a n i n g w o m a n a n d t h e Na r r a g a n se t sq u a ws a l s o m e a n i n g w o m a n . f l a t . 4 O t h e r w o r d s d e s c e n d i n g f r o m t hi s r o o t i n c l u d e f l ow, f l a ke, f l a g,
3

T h e w o r d p l e ad d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I E r o o t p l a k-1 w h i c h m e a n s t o b e

f l a w, p la c eb o , p l a cid, p l ea , p le a d, p l eas a n t, p l e a se, c o m p la c e n t, c o m p l a is a nt , s u pp le , i m p l a ca b le , p l a ca t e, p la n c he t, p la nk, p l a gi a ry, p l a ya, p l a c en t a , a n d a rc h ip e l a go .

T h e w o r d c hi e f de sc e n d s f r o m t h e I E ro o t k a put - w h i c h me a n s h e a d . P a r o n y m s i n c l u d e t h e w o r d s c a p ri ce , a c h i e ve, b i c ep s, c addi e , c a det ,

c a p it a l, c ap i to l , cap i t u la t e, c ap ta i n, ca t t l e, c ha p te r, c he f, c h ie f , c o rp o ra l, h e a d, ke rc hi e f , a n d m i s c h i e f. 5

1 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=India 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 70 3 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=squaw 4 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 67 5 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 37 Starling Hunter 2011 1

F i n a l l y , t he k e y w o r d l i v e d e s c e n d s f r om t h e I E r o ot l ei p- , t o s t i c k, a d h e r e ; f a t . It s p a r o n y m s i n c l u d e t h e w o r d s l i ve , li ve l y, l e a ve, l i ve r,

de l a y, re la y, a n d syn a l e p ha .
T h e w o r d c hi ld re n d e s c e n d s f r o m t he O l d E n g l i s h ci l d m e a n i n g c h i l d, i n f a n t a n d m o r e re m o t e l y f r o m t he Go t h i c ki lp e i m e a n i n g w o m b a n d t h e D a n i s h ku l d m e a n i n g c h i l d r e n o f t h e s a me m a r r i a ge . 6 TH EMES : There are three BOD Y P ART S me n t i o n e d abovetwo i n t e rn a l o r g a n s , i . e . t he wo m b a n d t h e l i ve r , a n d t he b i c ep s . T h e r e a r e t w o l i t e ra r y o r L I NGU IST IC TE RMS . T he f i r s t i s s yna l ep h a w h i c h d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e r o o t l e i p- a n d w h i c h m e a n s t h e b le n d i n g i n t o o n e s y l l a b le o f t w o s u c c e s si v e v ow e l s o f a d j a c e n t sy l l a b l e s, e s p e c i a l ly t o f i t a p oe t i c m e t e r , e . g . t h e l i t e i n s t e a d o f t he e l i t e . 7 T h e se c o n d l i t e r a r y w o r d i s

p l a gi a ry o r p la gi ari s m w h i c h me a n s t h e p u t t i n g f o r t h a s o r i g i n a l t o
o n e s e l f t h e i d e a s or w o r d s o f a n o t h e r. 8 F i n a l l y , t h e re i s a t h i r d g r o u p o f t e r m s d e a l i n g w i t h C RIME , o n e o f w h i c h n o m i n a l l y i n v o l v e s a c r i m e a g a i n s t c h i l d r e n . T h e f i r s t o f t h e se w o r d s i s p l a g i a r y o r p l a g i a r i s m w h i c h d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e L a t i n p l a gia ri es w h i c h m e a n s k i d n a p p e r , se d u c e r , p l un d e r e r a n d w h i c h l a t e r c a m e t o b e u s e d i n t h e l i t e r a ry s e n s e . 9 T h e c r i m i n a l m e a n i n g o f t h i s t e r m h a s f a l l e n o u t o f u s e n o w a n d w h e n i t i s m e n t i on e d i n d i c t i o n a r i e s, t he d e f i n i t i o n i s a p p e n d e d w i t h t h e l a b e l ob s o r a r ch m e a n i n g ob s o le t e o r a r c h a i c , r e s p e ct i v e l y. 10 T h e other c ri m e - r e la t e d terms are the c o mp o u n ds c r i m i n a l m is c h i e f a n d ma l i c i o us m is c h i e f w h i c h a r e d e f i n e d b e l o w : A specific injury or damage caused by another person's action or inaction. In Civil Law, a person who suffered physical injury due to the Negligence of another person could allege mischief in a lawsuit in TORT. For example, if a baseball is hit through a person's window by accident, and the resident within is injured, mischief can be claimed.

6 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=child 7 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/synalepha 8 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/plagiarize 9 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=plagiarism 10 See, for example, http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=plagiary Starling Hunter 2011 2

It is distinct from malicious mischief, which is a criminal act usually involving reckless or intentional behavior such as Vandalism.11 F i n a l l y , t he r e i s t h e w o r d r a v a g e w h i c h d e s c e n d s f r om t h e r o o t o f river and whose definitions include to bring heavy destruction on; d e v a s t a t e , t o p i l l a g e , sa c k , t o w r e a k d e s t r u c t i on , a n d g r i e v o u s d a m a g e , h a v o c. 12 O n e o f t h e la s t t e rm s , g r i e v o u s d a ma g e , i s a l o o se s y n o n y m f o r a m o r e p r e c i s e l e ga l t e r m g r i e v o u s b o di l y h a r m w h i c h m e a n s v e r y s e ri o us i n j u r i e s c a u s e d b y a v i o l e n t a t t a c k on s o m e on e . 13 T h u s , h i d d e n un d e r n e a t h t h e k e y w o rd s o f t h e s y m b o l a r e c l u e s t o t h e reason why the woman is pleading to the chief for the lives of her c h i l d r e n t he y h a v e p e r p e t r a t e d v e r y s e r i o u s c r i m e s a ga i n st t h e p e r s on o f o n e o r m o r e ot h e r s , p o s si b l y a g a i n s t c hi l d r e n . T h e p h o t o a b o v e a n d r i g h t i s o f C y n t hi a P ri n g , t he m o t h e r o f A l e x a n d e r P r i n g - W i ls o n , a H a r v a r d g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t w h o f a t a l ly s t a b b e d a n 1 8 - y e a r o l d m a n i n C a m b r i d g e , M a s sa ch u s e t t s i n 2 0 0 3 i n a n a l c o h o l - f u e l e d s t r e e t - fi g h t . T he c a p t i o n a c c o m p a n y i n g t h e p h o t o g r a p h r e a d s a s f o l l o ws : " C y n t h i a P ri n g, m o t h e r o f t he d e f e n d a n t , o f f e r e d a n e m o t i on a l p l e a f o r l e n i e n c y d u r i n g the sentencing he a r i n g. " The a c co m p a n y i n g a r t i c le contained the following quote: The defendant's mother, Cynthia Pring, begged the j u d g e f o r l e n i e n c y , s a y i n g , " I a m v e r y f r i g h t e n e d t h a t a p r i s o n se n t e n ce w o u l d b e a d e a t h se n t e n c e f o r hi m . " T h u s w e h a ve a s quaw o f s o r t s a w o m a n f r o m M a s s a c h u s e t t s p l ea di n g w i t h a c hi e f h e r e s y mb o l i z e d b y a j u d g e i n a co u r t o f l a w f o r l e n i e n c y f o r t he a d m i t t e d c r i me s o f h e r chi ld o u t o f m o t h e r l y c o n ce rn t h a t p r i s o n w o u l d r e s u l t i n a n ot h e r t r a g i c l o s s o f li f e .

11 http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Criminal+Mischief 12 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/ravage 13 http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/grievous -bodily-harm Starling Hunter 2011 3