Lipan
noun
a member of an Apache group that comprises several Apache bands, living in the southwestern United States east of the Rio Grande.
Lipans
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pluralof Lipan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They had some reasons for expecting an encounter with the band of Lipans which had quartered, during several days, in and around the deserted hacienda.
From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard
Briefly and clearly he told of his scouting beyond the river; of a meeting with Castro and then with the party of Lipans.
From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard
The southern branch includes the nomadic Apaches, the industrious Navajos, and a small remnant of Lipans in Texas, numbering, in all, over 20,000.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by W. H. Jackson
Red Wolf was all alone, but if Great Bear was hunting Lipans, they, on their part, were on the lookout for Comanches.
From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard
No less than seven of them, that had been very good Comanche ponies that morning, had now changed their tribe and had become Lipans, whether they would or not.
From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard
