Moquis
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pluralof Moqui.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"Have you seen anything of any Moquis hereabout?"
From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Lieut. Howard Payson
The ancient lore of the tribe had been quoted, the spirits of their ancestors invoked, and Black Cloud denounced as a traitor to the traditions of the Moquis.
From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Lieut. Howard Payson
The rebellious Moquis, thoroughly cowed by their lesson, went peaceably back to the reservation, and accepted Black Cloud once more as their chief.
From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Lieut. Howard Payson
In the following year the Moquis were again assigned to the Franciscans.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
Following 1680 came a great Indian revolt in New Mexico and Arizona, and thereafter the Moquis remained independent of Spanish and Christian domination, although visited fitfully by rival Jesuits and Franciscans.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various