Mohave
Americannoun
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Mohaves,
plural
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Mohave
plural
adjective
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Colorado River
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the language of this people, belonging to the Yuman family
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Avantus said that so far they have found one Mohave ground squirrel and no tortoises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
A man found dead by hikers in Arizona 47 years ago has been identified after authorities accessed national fingerprint records, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
The Mohave County Sheriff's Office have asked the public to contact them with any information about the case or any leads which could help find his surviving relatives.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
He visited the Mohave Desert and saw a stretch of land called Tri-State was unoccupied.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
“Myrtle,” he said, “we’ve driven across the Mohave Desert. We’ve been through thick and thin for over three thousand miles and here you are worrying about Shirls Avenue.”
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
The Mohaves have no treaty stipulations with the United States; but they are partly subsisted, and are largely assisted in their farming operations, from the general incidental fund of the territory.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker
Indians, numbering about 1,500, inhabit the country near the Colorado River, north of the Mohaves, ranging a considerable distance into the interior.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker
They inhabit the country near the mouth of the Colorado River, but belong to the reservation occupied by the Mohaves.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker
"Then you knew the Apache Mohaves were in the Verde Valley—and in Dead Man's Cañon as late as last week—that they had raided Stoner's Ranch?"
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Charles J. Post
Proceeding down the Colorado to the Mohaves he was kindly received by them and remained some time recuperating his stock.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
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