I have been thinking a lot about names these last two weeks and think I may have finally settled on one. I won't make a final decision until I see if the name I have in mind fits the puppy that is destined to be mine but it's been fun to work on. The theme I settled on is to keep with the papa's name of Hawkeye (his call name) or Last-of-the-Mohicans (his registered name). There's lots of boy names in the novel by James Fenimore Cooper: Natty Bumppo (my sister's pick for her pup), Uncas, Chingachkook, Munro, Hawkeye (dare we say Junior?), James, Fenimore, Cooper. For girls, I had to really stretch. Cora & Alice were the only two female names I could come up with from the story though there may have been other names mentioned. But, on doing some research, I discovered that the novel is loosely (very loosely) based on the true story of a woman named Jane McCrea who, along with her dear friend, Sara McNeil, was kidnapped by Indians for real. Jane was engaged to a British army officer at the time of her kidnapping and here is where the fictional story really departs from the historical facts. Jane was killed by her kidnappers, apparently when there was an argument between two of them over which one would get to claim the reward for her return. So, no romantic story in real life at all but they say that the murder of Jane was something of a catalyst for the Americans to fight back. Anyway, that gives two other names to consider for girls. However, I had a brain storm this afternoon. Hawkeye, our story's hero, was also known as the Long Carabine, meaning Long Rifle. Now, with a little poetic license, I thought the name "Last of the Mohicans Carabine" was kind of pretty, with a call name of "Cara". Or "Bean" if she's being really silly or something. Anyway, there is no requirement that any of the other puppies be named after characters in this story; it's just something I've been having fun with. I know for a fact that one of these puppies has already been named "Ribbit", which I think is very cute. :)