Pend Oreille

[ pon-duh-rey ]

noun

1. a river in NE Washington, N Idaho, and SE British Columbia, flowing NW to the Columbia River. 130 miles (209 km) long.

Example Sentences

It is much used by the upper Pend Oreille Indians in going to hunt buffalo east of the mountains.

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They tell me that they return from the hunt in March, going home by the Pend Oreille route.

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To this restriction Alexander, the Pend Oreille chief, demurred.

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The first discovery was at the mouth of the Pend Oreille River.

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The identification of this group may well have been erroneous in view of the northerly locale of the Pend Oreille.

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