Example Sentences

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He had lived with the Crows and the Bannocks, it was true, but only as a friend and a man of peace, never as a warrior.

From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)

The disappointment of the Bannocks was very great, and their comprehension of causes very slow.

From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock

“Oh dear sus!” cried Sally Bannocks, our own particular help of many years, from the like position.

From Old New England Traits by Lunt, George

Did not Snoqualmie say then that the two tribes should henceforth be as one tribe, and that the Bannocks should be the brethren of the Cayuses forever?”

From The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Balch, Frederic Homer

“Lud-a-massy!” screamed Sally Bannocks, on the verge of hysterics,—and some of the rest of us were not far from that condition.

From Old New England Traits by Lunt, George