Pend Oreille

[ pon-duh-rey ]

/ ˌpɒn dəˈreɪ /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Pend Oreille

It is much used by the upper Pend Oreille Indians in going to hunt buffalo east of the mountains.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2)|Hazard Stevens
They tell me that they return from the hunt in March, going home by the Pend Oreille route.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2)|Hazard Stevens
To this restriction Alexander, the Pend Oreille chief, demurred.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2)|Hazard Stevens
The first discovery was at the mouth of the Pend Oreille River.
The Columbia River|William Denison Lyman

The identification of this group may well have been erroneous in view of the northerly locale of the Pend Oreille.
Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society|Robert F. Murphy