Mohave
Americannoun
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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Rescue teams from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the Mohave County Sheriff’s Department deployed divers to where Daniel was last seen, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
The site is habitat for desert tortoises and Mohave ground squirrels, which are both listed as threatened under the state’s Endangered Species Act.
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
By this time of day, everything— from the windows of the two-story buildings to the red lanterns strung up for tourists—had been covered in the dust that somehow drifted in from the Mohave.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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 Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
They belong to the Yuman family, and are kin to the Wallapais, the Mohaves, Yumas and Cocopahs of the Colorado River.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by James, George Wharton
"Willett says from round the point they can see two more signal fires toward the north-east, just the way to the Apache Mohaves!"
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Post, Charles J.
Three miles above, the Patties camped, and a number of the Mohaves soon came to see them.
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 Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
Many Cocopas, Yumas, Mohaves, and Chemehuevis were met with since the trip began, but there had been no trouble with any of them.
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 Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
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