What ws the name of Tonto's horse?
Tonto well with audiences, decided that Tonto's mount would henceforth be a pinto. For several episodes, Tonto's new horse went unnamed, referred to only as "the paint horse" or simply "Paint". Eventually the name "Scout" was adopted. The portrayal of Tonto has been seen by some Native Americans and others as degrading, notably by Native American author and poet Sherman Alexie. Tonto spoke in a pidgin, saying things like, "That right, Kemo Sabe", or "Him say man ride over ridge on horse". In 1975, poet and science fiction writer Paul O. Williams coined the term "tontoism" to refer to the practice
Tonto Arizona. In the Fran Striker books, Tonto is described as a "half-breed". In the 2013 theatrical feature film of "The Lone Ranger", Tonto is depicted as a Comanche tribesman. Tonto first rode a horse named "White Feller" (White Fella/Fellah). When the 1938 Republic movie serial "The Lone Ranger" was being filmed, it was thought that having two white horses would be confusing, so the producers made "White Feller" a pinto horse, presumably on the theory that, being partly white, a pinto could still be named "White Feller". The radio series, noting that the pinto in the film had gone over