Zhilikam t'°Ha'kiv heh Waklar t'Grihzli Ahduhmz°

John "Grizzly" Adams (1812-1860), also known by the aliases James Capen Adams and William Adams, was a famous mountain man and trainer of wild animals, especially grizzly bears, in pre-Civil War America. The real man did not run after being accused of a crime he did not commit and did not have friends named Nakoma and Mad Jack. He was related to Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and patriot Samuel Adams. A little known fact is that Grizzly Adams' bear Samson was the model for the bear on the California state flag. He was a friend of showman P.T. Barnum, who paid for Adams' funeral.

A highly fictionalized popular television series, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, following a successful (although badly dubbed) film of the same name, ran for two seasons in the late 1970's, making its star, Dan Haggerty, a household name. Although not clearly stated in the series, the setting of the show is the Montana Territory because of Adams' contacts with the Crow and Kootenai tribes. This family-friendly series was enjoyed long after it first aired.

Below you will find terminology and characters that you might find associated with The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams movie and series. (Names are listed in pure alphabetical order by title, first name then last name, since names are sorted using the Vulcan standard.)


Accident -- kisheya
Accusation -- namihfaya
Adult animal -- to'oveh-aushfa
Adventure (n.) -- dailissak
Aggressive (adj.) -- kres-, kresik
Allan Pinkerton -- Ahluhn Pinkuhr'tuhn
America -- Uhmerikuh
American -- uhmerikan-, uhmerikanik (adj.); uhmerikasu (person)
American Indian -- salat-uhmerikan-, salat-uhmerikanik (adj.); salat-uhmerikasu (n.)
Amnesia -- ek'vokaya-pak
André Gerard -- Andrei Zheirar
Andrew "Andy" Bradley -- Ahndru >Ahndi< Brahd'li
Animal (n.) -- aushfa
Animal trainer -- aushfa-ranausu
Antler -- |dihr-|stonn
Area -- shal
Army -- ask'er
Arrow -- kliton
Arrowhead -- kliton-sfek
Avalanche (n.) -- |suk'|izh-skish
Axe -- la'ash

Babe (bear) -- Beib
Baby animal -- kan-aushfa
Badger -- bahdzhuhr
Badger Pass -- Shi'Fnahalan t'Bahdzhuhr
Balloonist -- sov-dukal-hashsu
Barter -- vel'kizh (n.), vel'kizh-tor (v.)
Basket -- ki'haf
Bead (n.) -- zaab
Bear (n.) -- ber
Bear cub -- ber-kan
Beard -- hisahk
Beaver -- bivuhr
Beaver dam -- bivuhr-kabloh
Beaver Falls -- Masu-Nutevak t'Bivuhr
Bee -- bi (VTW)
Bee sting -- bi-rakus
Beehive -- bi-ki'ankel
Belt (n.) -- san-zhel
Benjamin "Ben" Franklin (bear) -- Bendzhuh'mihn >Ben< Frahnk'lihn
Billy -- Bihli
Bird (n.) -- kushel
Black bear -- nesh-kur-ber
Blade (n.) -- |wun-|mor
Blanket (n.) -- yuk-sai
Blizzard -- izh-sahriv
Blood -- khaf
Blood brother -- khaf-sa-kai
Blueberry Ridge -- Kov-Zehl t'Pla-Kur Nei-Savas
Bobcat -- bab-kaht
Bobcat cub -- bab-kaht-kan
Bone (n.) -- hinek
Book (n.) -- dunap
Boot (n.) -- kluf
Bottle (n.) -- mashek
Boulder -- suk'kov
Bounty (reward) -- kum-vlidon
Bounty hunter -- kum-vlidon-po'austukausu
Bow (n., weapon) -- kes-wun
Bow and arrows -- kes-wun heh klitonlar
Bowie knife -- lipau t'Bowi, lipau t'Bui
Bowstring -- kes-wun-elakh
Box (n.) -- natuhn
Bracelet -- kar-nik-pakuv
Break -- shaya (n.), shau (v.)
Bret Carson -- Bret Karsuhn
Broom -- fnash-vel
Brother -- sa-kai
Bucket -- mashuk
Buckle (n.) -- tersek
Buckskin -- buhk-wadi
Bugle -- byuguhl
Bullet -- mesk-pohshulek
Bullet hole -- mesk-pohshulek-razh
Bullet wound -- mesk-pohshulek-skek
Burro -- buhro
Button -- gonaf
Buzzard -- buhzuhrd

Cabin -- lapuh-kelek
California -- Kalih'fornyuh
Camel -- kahmuhl
Camp (n.) -- bladzh
Campfire -- bladzh-yon
Canoe -- wadi-pi'mashali
Canteen -- masu-pi'tuhlek
Canyon (cañon) -- spathel
Capt. Nathaniel Morgan -- Khart-Lan Nuh'thahnyuhl Morguhn
Capt. Ulysses S. Grant -- Ot-Lan Yu'lihsiz S. Grahnt
Carpetbag -- sai-sa'haf
Cave -- tauk
Chair (n.) -- ku-san
Chief Kihatsa -- Emumaat-Fulagsu Ki'hatsa
Chief Watani -- Emumaat-Fulagsu Wa'tani
Chimpanzee -- tchihm'pahnzi
Christmas -- Krihst'muhs
Christmas present -- Krihst'muhs-tan
Christmas tree -- Krihst'muhs-lap
City -- kahr
Claw (n.) -- spahk
Cliff -- menal
Clothes, Clothing -- sai-vel
Coat (n., clothing) -- to-pal
Coffee -- kafi
Col. J.E. Bridgestone -- Shal-Lan Dzh. E. Brihdzh'ston
Contaminated water -- rislal-masu
Cougar -- suk'kunel-lei'o, pumuh
Covered wagon -- weinal-hors-hali
Cow -- kau
Coyote -- kaiyoti
Crime -- buhshaya
Criminal (n.) -- buhshasu
Crow -- kro
Crow (Indian) -- kro-, kroyik (adj.), krosu (n.)
Crow Creek -- Kro Krik |Pi'Pilash t'Kro|
Cup -- monek
Custom (n.) -- oyut

Danger -- tehvar
Dangerous animal -- tehvar-bosh-aushfa
Daughter -- ko-fu
Debbie -- Debi
Deborah Metcalf -- Debuhruh Met'kahf
Deer -- dihr|lar|
Devin McGinty -- Devihn Muh'Gihnti
Dig (v.) -- hil-tor
Direction -- kharat
Dirt -- kitek
Distance -- ir
Distant -- irak|-|
Dog (n.) -- dag
Door -- svep
Drinking water -- mon-masu
Drought (n.) -- wu-pseth-wak
Duck (n.) -- duhk
Dust (n.) -- grazhiv

Eagle -- akiluh
Earring -- kaluk-ek'zerut
Earthquake -- solektra-hutaya
East -- she'rak
Elijah Bolt -- I'laizhuh Bolt
Eliza Bowker -- I'laizuh Bau'kuhr
Elk -- elk
Elmer Blodgett -- El'muhr Bladzhuht
Environment -- ek'sitra
Escape -- stron (n.), stron-tor (v.)
Eugene -- Yu'dzhin
Evergreen (tree) -- kwon-mor-lap
Exploration -- paglayaren
Explore -- paglayaret

Fall -- tevan (n.), tev-tor (v.)
Fang -- wu-zud
Fawn (n.) -- dihr-kan
Fear -- pthak (n.), ptha (v.)
Feather (n.) -- kid
Fence (n.) -- tem
Ferret -- feruht
Fever -- tau
Fight -- puk (n.), puk-tor (v.)
Find -- talal (n.); tal-tor (v.)
Fire (n.) -- yon
Fire pit -- yon-pi'razh
Firewood -- yon-lapan
Fish (n.) -- aluk|lar|
Flintlock rifle -- kil-kov-yonanik kar-pohshayek (TGV), kil-kov-yonanik kar-pohshek (MGV)
Flood -- abrash (n.), abrash-tor (v.)
Floor (n.) -- lan-tol
Flower (n.) -- svai
Flute -- kolchak
Fly (v.) -- hash-tor
Food -- yem-tukh
Footpath -- lates-yut
Footprint -- ash'yaidar
Forest -- laptra
Forest fire -- laptra-yon
Fox -- faks
Freedom -- el'es
Frenchman -- sa-franssu
Friendly tribe -- thraht-emumaat
Friendship -- thrah'es
Frog -- frag
Frontier -- shalrihk
Frost (n.) -- le-su
Frostbite Foley -- Frast'bait Foli |Le-Suma-Yontaya Foli|
Fur (n.) -- ausachya

Gertie -- Guhrti
Ginger (deer) -- Dzhihndzhuhr
Glider -- plisek
Glove (n.) -- el'rukhut
Goat -- got
Gold (metal) -- kin-tukh
Goose (n.) -- gus
Gosling -- gus-kan
Government -- spanakhat
Grass -- yar
Greenhorn -- riveshtal-veh
Greywind -- Grei'wihnd |Zhai-Kur Salan|
Grizzly bear -- grihzli-ber
Gun (n.) -- pohshayek (TGV), pohshek (MGV)
Gunpowder -- pohsh-grazhiv
Gus -- Guhs

Hair -- isach (single strand), isachya (multiple strands)
Hallucination -- nezhazak
Hammer (n.) -- mah-vel
Handshake (n.) -- el'ru-hutaya
Hat -- taik
Hatchet (n.) -- el'ru-la'ash, pi'la'ash
Hawk -- haak
Hearth -- yon-lanet
Herb -- bar-got
Hi-Jolly (camel) -- Hai-Dzhali
Hole (n.) -- razh
Home (n.) -- ha-kel
Homestead -- hom'sted |160 eikuhr|
Homesteader -- hom'stedsu
Honey -- huhni
Hoot Owl Creek -- Hut Auwuhl Krik |Pi'Pilash t'Hut-Auwuhl|
Hornet -- hornuht
Hornet nest -- hornuht-ki'an
Hornet sting -- hornuht-rakus
Horse (n.) -- hors
Hot air balloon -- fal-sov-dukal
House (n.) -- kelek
Hummingbird -- svishimau-kushel
Hunt -- po'austukaya (n.), po'austukau (v.)
Hunting knife -- po'austukau-lipau

Ice (n.) -- le-suma
Illness -- has-mar
Indian (n.) -- ihndi'ansu, salat-uhmerikasu
Indian tribe -- salat-uhmerikan-emumaat
Injure -- dash-tor
Injury -- dash
Irishman -- sa-eruhsu
Issac Adams -- Aizuhk Ahduhmz
Isolation -- sameskaraya

Jacket (n., coat) -- kopal
James Capen "Grizzly" Adams (John Adams) -- Dzheimz Keipuhn >Grihzli< Ahduhmz
Jar (n.) -- kak
Jed Bowker -- Dzhed Bau'kuhr
Jenny -- Dzheni
Joe Bradley -- Dzho Brahd'li
Jonas -- Dzhonuhs
Journey -- halovaya (n.), halovau (v.)

Kate Larson -- Keit Larsuhn
Ken Thompson -- Ken Tam'suhn
Kill (v.) -- stau
Knife (n.) -- lipau
Knot -- gor (n.), gor-tor (v.)
Kootenai -- kutenai-, kutenaiyik (adj.), kutenaisu|lar| (n.)

Ladder -- pu'uth
Lake -- suk'muzh
Lame Walking Woman -- Leim Waking Wuhmuhn
Lance -- li-wun
Land (n.) -- solektra (ground, property, region); shasol (nation)
Language -- gen-lis (anc.)
Lantern -- |makh-|yonet
Leather -- duf
Legend (tale) -- osos'ehtak
Lightning -- pahz
Livinia -- Lih'vihniuh
Location -- shi
Log cabin -- lapuh-kel
Long rifle -- wu-kar-pohshayek (TGV), wu-kar-pohshek (MGV)
Lost (adj.) -- paki-, pakik

Mad Jack -- Mahd Dzhahk |Rikohsik Dzhahk|
Mail (n.) -- sakat
Man (n.) -- sasu
Marmot -- marmuht
Marvin the Magnificent -- Marvihn Sukmakho'uk
Mary Bowker -- Meri Bau'kuhr
Master Sgt. Mongo Monahan -- Reh-Traveksu Mango Manuh'hahn
Maurice the Monster -- Moris Stislak
Meadow -- ne-yartra
Meal -- yem
Meat -- kahm
Medal -- mokebihk
Michelle -- Mih'shel
Milk (n.) -- thas
Milton Wright -- Mihltuhn Rait
Mr. Cartman -- Osa Kart'muhn
Mr. Findhope -- Osa Faind'hop
Mr. Metcalf -- Osa Met'kahf
Moccasin -- makuhsihn |wadi-ash'el|
The Montana Territory -- Man'tahnuh-Tsokal
Mountain -- suk'kunel (non-volcanic); zul-kunel (volcanic)
Mountain lion (cougar, puma) -- suk'kunel-lei'o, pumuh
Mountain lion cub -- suk'kunel-lei'o-kan
Mountain range -- |suk'|kunel-zehl
Mud -- vrel
Musket -- muhskuht |ru'lut-tusan-pohshek|
Myth -- holsh

Nakoma -- Na'koma
Name (n.) -- ahm
Native American -- salat-uhmerikan-, salat-uhmerikanik (adj.); salat-uhmerikasu (person)
Native American village -- salat-uhmerikan-pi'kahr
Nature -- malat
Necklace -- talu-ek'zer-zhel
Ned Brewster -- Ned Brustuhr
Night -- mu'yor
North -- desh'rak
North America -- Desh'rak-Uhmerikuh
Number Seven -- Su'us Stehkuh

Okima -- O'kima
Orphan (n.) -- rimekhusu
Orphanage -- rimekhusu-kelek
Otter -- atuhr
Outlaw (n.) -- satolessu
Owl -- auwuhl

Pack (wolves) -- askuht
Pack burro -- tanil-lesh-buhro
Pack saddle -- lesh-san t'tanil-aushfa
Path -- yut
Patrick McGinty -- Pahtrihk Muh'Gihnti
Peg Adams -- Peig Ahduhmz
Pig -- pihg
Pistol -- el'ru-pohshayek (TGV), el'ru-pohshek (MGV)
Plant (n.) -- kastik
Polly (parrot) -- Pali
The Pony Express -- Poni-Sahrk
Porcupine -- porkyu'pain
Pottery -- krizh'vitra
Powder horn -- pohsh-grazhiv-stonn
Prairie -- yar-eiktra
Pursue -- zasahr-tor
Pursuit -- zasahr

Rabbit -- rahbuht
Race (n.) -- sahrvukh
Raccoon -- rah'kun
Rain -- sov-masu (n.), sov-mashau (v.)
Rattlesnake -- hispaya-oluhk
Rendezvous -- tereragelan (n.), tereragel-tor (v.)
Rescue -- korsaya (n.), korsau (v.)
Rifle (n.) -- kar-pohshayek (TGV), kar-pohshek (MGV)
River -- pilash (anc.)
Riverbank -- pilash-kutra
Robert "Robbie" Cartman -- Rabuhrt >Rabi< Kart'muhn
Rock (n.) -- kov (stone); kov-tukh (material)
Rockslide -- kov-skish
Roger's Crossing -- Shi'Mes t'Radzhuhrz
Roof (n.) -- kamu
Room (n.) -- tvi-shal (chamber); ret (space)
Rope (n.) -- |man-|elakh
Rope bridge -- elakh-mesut
Run -- sahrat (n.), sahr-tor (v.)
Runaway slave -- sasahral-kafeh
Running water -- dvunan-masu

Sack (n.) -- sa'haf (anc.)
Saddle (n.) -- fau-ku-san
Sally (chimpanzee) -- Sahli
Sam Steele -- Sahm Stiuhl
Sand -- mazhiv
Search -- psthan (n.), pstha (v.)
Season -- tevun-yonuk
Settlement -- shi'fiferhanaun
Settler -- fiferhanausu
Shaman -- haseretsu
Sheep -- ship|lar|
Shelter (n.) -- rau-nol
Shirt -- sav'el
Shoe (n.) -- ash'el
Shoot (v.) -- pohshau
Shot (n.) -- pohshaya
Silver Fox -- Sihlvuhr Faks |Haul-Kur Faks|
Sinkhole -- ne'hal-razh
Skunk -- skuhnk
Snake -- oluhk
Snow -- izh (n.); izhau (v.)
South -- khu'rak
Spear (n.) -- tilek
Spring (season) -- Sikar (colloquial); kastik-wak (general)
Steal (v.) -- vazgau
Sting -- rakus (n.), rakusau (v.)
Stone -- kov; kov-tukh
Storm (n.) -- sahriv
Stranger (n.) -- rifainusu
Sugar (n.) -- slor-tukh
Sumi -- Sumi
Summer (season) -- Belaar (colloquial); falek-wak (general)
Survey -- skothon (n.), skothon-tor (v.)
Survival -- rishan
Survive -- rish-tor
Swallow Lake -- Suk'Muzh t'Swalo
Sweat lodge -- wadashau-kel

Tail (n.) -- harr
Tale -- var
Talon -- tsa-spahk
Tepee -- ikun-wadi-kel
Territory -- tsokal
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt -- Thiuh'dor >Tedi< Rosuh'velt
Thief -- vazgausu
Thunder (n.) -- rahm
Thunderstorm -- rahm-sahriv
Tinker (n.) -- fas-greink-teslausu
Tomahawk -- tamuh'haak
Totani -- To'tani
Trail (n.) -- yut
Trade goods -- mes'kizh-tukh
Trader -- mes'kizhsu
Trap -- pash (n., general term), pashek (device); pash-tor (v.)
Trapper -- pashsu
Travois -- zaseshau-leshek
Tree (n.) -- lap
Trial -- topihgunafek
Tribe -- emumaat
Trout -- traut
Tumaqua (Tamakwa) -- Tu'makwa

United States of America (U.S.A.) -- Kaunshal-Krusollar t'Uhmerikuh |KKU|
Useful -- is-bosh|-|

Valley -- ku-li
Vegetable (n.) -- plom
Vegetable garden -- plom-bah-ker
Village -- pi'kahr
Visit -- yaret (n.); yaretau (v.)
Visitor -- yaretausu

Wagon -- hors-hali, nahalesh-hali
Wagon trail -- hors-hali-yut
Wagon train -- hors-hali-zehlonek
Wagon wheel -- hors-hali-halek
Walk -- lates (n.); lateh (v.)
Warn (v.) -- vikau
Warning (n.) -- vikaya
Water (n.) -- |mon-|masu
Waterfall -- masu-nutevak
Weapon -- wun
West -- tev'rak
Wild animal -- kwai-aushfa
Wild bluberry -- kwai pla-kur nei-savas
Wild burro -- kwai-buhro
Wild mustang -- kwai-muhstahng
Wild strawberry -- kwai solektra-nei-savas
Wild turkey -- kwai-tuhrki
Wilderness -- shi'kwai
Wildlife -- kwai-aushfatra
Will Boker -- Wihl Bokuhr
Wind (n.) -- salan
Window -- krani
Wolf -- wolf
Wolf pup -- wolf-kan
Wolverine -- wolvuhrin
Woman -- kosu
Wood -- lapan
Workshop -- zup-shal
Wound (n.) -- skek
Wounded (adj.) -- skekal-, skekalik
Wreath -- kaspakuv

Young animal -- nu'ri-aushfa

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