Klamath
noun
a member of an American Indian people belonging to the Lutuamian group and located in southern Oregon.
Klamaths
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pluralof Klamath.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Delawares, we had four with us, were sleeping at that fire, and they sprang up as the Klamaths charged them.
From Christopher Carson by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
About the time that we were thoroughly organized it was reported that the Pah-Utes and the Klamaths were all coming to join Captain Jack.
From Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West by William F. Drannan
At the north lived the Klamaths, Siskiyous, Shastas, and the savage Modocs, whose months of fighting in the lava beds caused the death of General Canby and many soldiers.
From Stories of California by Ella M. Sexton
In 1886 two Klamaths accompanied Captain Clarence E. Dutton's Geological Survey party to Crater Lake and descended to the water's edge.
From The Book of the National Parks by Robert Sterling Yard
The Klamaths did not like the introduction of the Modocs on their reservation, and it eventually led to the Modoc war.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by W. H. Jackson
