Sitting Bull's boyhood must have been a happy one. It was long after the day of the dog-travaux, and his father owned many ponies of variegated colors. It was said of him in a joking way that his legs were bowed like the ribs of the ponies that he rode constantly from childhood. The boy’s parents, Sitting Bull and Her-Holy-Door, at first gave the boy the name Jumping Badger. It was a name that all understood would be replaced by a more appropriate and meaningful name as the boy grew and began to show what kind of man he would be. However, before Jumping Badger gained his famous name he was to be called by still another name.