"A take off of the original meaning....." I wonder what those individuals crossing the plains or other groups thought of themselves as. Did they think of themselves as 'pioneers'? Probably not. They were just plain old Joe Schmuck trying to stay alive.
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Good point.
I believe it was their attitude and "willingness to meet the challenges" that made them pioneers, not a laundry list of things they had to participate in. If they crossed the plains and died the next day, they were still pioneers.
Interesting question. When did the term, as we're using it, begin to be used?
[French pionnier, from Old French peonier, foot soldier, from peon, from Medieval Latin ped, pedn-, from Late Latin, one who has broad feet, from Latin ps, ped-, foot.]
I thought what the heck! If I pull into this place I will be a Pioneer :haha:
the country roads are building up with houses, some of the new names for streets are TOMAHAWK lane,ARROWHEAD ave,COUNTRY view,VALLEY view,the land is being eaten up by developers and they are trying to give these places nice relaxing country names to the cities they are producing.....should give them names like INDIANS used to live here, TOMAHAWK was found here when this was a farm, RUNNING STREAM fish and frogs used to live here, ETC<ETC<ETC
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I damned if I know. I've got a fair idea of what it used to take, but in today's day and age the meaning has changed so much and many personal interpretations are so loose as to be totally confusing.
Here's what happened to me, though; A few years back I was "interpreting" the part of a civilian scout in western Kansas, circa 1868. The local public television station had just "wrapped" on a special they were shooting and of which I was proud to be a considerable part of. I was answering questions for the general public when a boy about 9 or 10 years old came up and asked, "Mister, are you a real Cavalry Scout?" The camera crew was still stowing gear a few feet away and before I could stop myself I blurted out - "No son, but I play one on T.V.!"
...true story...
The thing is, after I thought about it awhile - I realized that my smart@ss, off the cuff retort was the only honest one I could have given. Except for maybe "No, but I'm doing my darndest to pretend I am."
My ancestors were pioneers. And mountain men. And Cavalry scouts. I am an amateur historian and an outdoorsman with a lust for travel and the gift of gab. Gosh! Sounds like a buckskinner, don't it?
Actually, I guess the biggest difference between us and our forebears is that they pioneered it and we miss it!
...The Kansan...
