Mohave
noun
a member of a North American Indian tribe belonging to the Yuman linguistic family, formerly located in the Colorado River valley of Arizona and California.
Mohaves
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pluralof Mohave.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
But now their condition is very similar to that of the Mohaves.
From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Lewis H. Morgan
And she came to the Mohaves and lived there in a high mountain, Cheof Toe-ahk, or tall mountain, which has a cliff very hard to climb, but Tobacco stood up there.
From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by J. William Lloyd
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 were Apaches and Mohaves under the leadership of a fine austere old Indian whom Iron Skull introduced to Jim as "Suma-theek."
From Still Jim by Honoré Morrow
