My F&I (1750-1820) is "Mad Irish Jack O'Donnell" and been using it for those period events since the mid 1990's. O'Donnell is 3rd Gen on my grandmothers side. Second generation is Rodgers and there are to many using that. And, I am related to Mr Rogers of TV fame. The O'Donnell persona was built on my Irish/Germanic temperment and carefree demeanor. I also have a VG Accent that drives folks batty. The next is a little lengthy.
MY Fur trade/ mountainman Persona is "Mad Buffalo Jack" I used since 1978. That's when I won my first flintlock and the hook 'bout ripped my jaw out. I "White Manned" the name up when I started the skinning game. I was in a NE JrCo in 1967 through 1969. I was a FB/Track scholarship athlete. In '79 I played DE/OG for Fairbury Jr Coll. in Fairbury NE. Last Saturday in Oct. We were playing a homegame vs. Haskell Indian JR Coll of Lawrence, Kansas. On a reverse sweep their back (5'4" and 128#) ran back at me, I fended off the blockers and dove at his juking. I grabbed the collar (illegal today) on the shoulder pad as I was falling from the blockers collision. I pulled his light body over myself and threw him to the ground, crashing his head to the hard turf. He went unconscious. He spent two days at our local county hospital and was release to go back to Kansas. In the spring 1978 I competed in the Javelin and discus events at the Haskell T&F Invitational. All the throws events were finished Friday afternoon and their throwers invited our guys and throwers from three other schools to a mixing social goodwill get together from 7-10PM. During this time two of the Haskell throwers mention to us, they were the linemen who got rocked on the play the little back was out on. My guys started pointing at me. everyone got some haha's. The one Haskell guy left and returned with the little back; that caught me off guard. They informed him I was the guy. He walked to stand in front of a stunned me; extended his hand and said, "Nice to meet you. I need to thank you for leaving my hair in it's place." It broke the Ice and all was well. His name was John Viridis. He was renamed as was the christian part of the school. His native name was Guarding Rattlesnake and he was Ojibwe from southwestern ND. He passed to the next hunting grounds in 2004. He made me a blood brother in a brief ceremony there that night. I still have the small scar on the pad below my left thumb. He named me the Big Crazy Buffalo, Brother of the Prairie Rattlesnake. So, when I started buckskinning and made a slight mod to the name to "Mad Buffalo" Jack. I also had a troll email me the he was Mad Buffalo on line. Mine was spelled as Bufflo since the a was in a name already. He wanted to meet in a place to settle the dispute. I found previous he was a 16 yo from Buffalo NY. I was 32 yo back then. I told him look me up if he doesn't grow up. Kids. Go figure. That's the story and it's history.
Oh, yeah, there's a movie guys sent me, they inferred it's me. Regardless, It is a hilarious watch.
Topic: How did you get your "Mountain Name"? (Read 2113 times)