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" Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the
prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, was Po-cha-na-quar-hip, which meant “erection that won’t go down.” ... "

S.C. Gwynne , Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History


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S.C. Gwynne quote : Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the<br />prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, was Po-cha-na-quar-hip, which meant “erection that won’t go down.” ...