Re: kemosabe

[Linda Esser <esser@IGLOU.COM>]

Gleaned from STUMPERS:
 
According to the Encylopedia of Super Heroes, Kemo Sabe was inspired by a
Michigan summer camp named Ke-mo-sah-bee, and Indian phrase which does
indeed mean "trusty scout."  Posted to STUMPERS by Peter R. Neal, Durham
County Public Library, Durham, North Carolina.
 
 
From "Who Was That Masked Man," by David Rothel, c.1981, p. 40.
Interview with Jim Jewell, who was the director of "The Lone Ranger" and
who wrote the first few scripts.  Jewell:  "Let's look at 'kee mo sah
bee' -- trusty scout.  That's the only thing it has ever meant or ever
will mean.  'Ke Mo Sah Bee' was a boys' camp established in 1911 at
Mullet Lake, Michigan, owned by my father-in-law.  I think it was sort of
a natural thing for me to use it on a program when I knew no other words
of Indian."
 
Linda Esser
Spalding University
Louisville, KY
esser@iglou.com