Example Sentences

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"Nope. I showed up a bit late, but neither Scan Eagle nor the Kiowas could actually see the enemy."

From Salon • May 25, 2020

Smaller groups in the Indian Territory took similar steps, as did several bands of Comanches and Kiowas farther west.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Johanna, who was captured by the Kiowas as a very young girl, has been living with them for so long she can remember only fragments of her former life.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2016

The loser is exiled, precipitating a short war between the Kiowas and Comanches before the requisite happy ending.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2016

Recent official reports give Indian population about 80,000: Cherokees, 20,000; Choctaws, 16,500; Creeks, 14,500; Chickasaws, 7,000; Seminoles, 2,500; Osages, 2,390; Cheyennes, 3,298; Arapahoes, 2,676; Kiowas, 1,120; Pawnees, 1,438; Comanches, 1,475.

From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by Alden, John B.