Chippeway

[ chip-uh-wey ]

/ ˈtʃɪp əˌweɪ /

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But no artifice of the Athapuscow could elude the well-trained eye of the Chippeway.
Sketches of Aboriginal Life|V. V. Vide
It bears a strong affinity to the Mohican and the Chippeway, but more especially the Kickapoo.
Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet|Benjamin Drake
We had an arrival of six Chippeway Indians, and afterwards about a dozen Assiniboins.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2|Maria R. Audubon
As the Chippeway again rushed after him, Hawk Eye felled him with the butt of his gun.
Hawk Eye|David Cory

Having brought the sun and moon to the earth, the old man Chippeway rested, and made no more expeditions.
Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian|Anonymous