Chippeway
Americannoun
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Chippeways,
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Chippeway
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The Chippeway was not easily diverted from his purpose.
From Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 by V. V. Vide
Having brought the sun and moon to the earth, the old man Chippeway rested, and made no more expeditions.
From Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian by Anonymous
The Letters used in the Chippeway Language, are twenty-one, viz.
From Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages To Which is Added a Vocabulary of some of the Most Common Words by John Summerfield
The Chippeway, for instance, has three pronouns of the third person, which designate the near and the remote antecedents with the most lucid accuracy.
From American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them by Daniel Garrison Brinton
The old Chippeway soon returned, bringing with him the moon.
From Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian by Anonymous
The Chippeways were along the southern shore of Lake Superior.
From The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin by Frederick Jackson Turner
De Bois Blanc, or White Wood Island, was also ceded—the voluntary gift of the Chippeways.
From Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched by John Frederick Schroeder
Once upon a time there lived in the nation of the Chippeways a most beautiful maiden, the flower of the wilderness, the delight and wonder of all who saw her.
From Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian by Anonymous
This bark contained the answer of the Sioux nation, to overtures which the Chippeways had made, on Governor Cass' offer of mediation:—which overtures had been found and taken off by a party of the Sioux.
From Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk by Benjamin Drake
Then he has been among the Chippeways 33 yrs.
From Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 by Marcus L. Hansen
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