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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