Moqui
Americannoun
plural
Moquis,plural
MoquiExample Sentences
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Utah may have wild Moqui Caverns, gorgeous light-filled sand caves in Kanab, but sand mining created them in the 1970s.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2020
Nerving every muscle in his sinewy frame, the young Moqui warrior strove to avert his doom, but try as he would he could not check his impetus.
From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Payson, Lieut. Howard
In 1726 and again in 1741 the Moqui district was assigned to the Jesuits of Sonora, but they accomplished little.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
California and New Mexico—Recent explorations in these countries, with accounts of the Navijo and Moqui Indians; architectural remains on the banks of the Gila....
From The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe by Bartlett, John Russell
The Moqui towns appear to be the same which the Spaniards found three hundred and forty years ago, though additions from other tribes have, as wep.
From Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse
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