- a variation of Paiute.
Piute
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Heber Jeffs was arrested by federal agents on Saturday after he was tracked to the town of Minot, but authorities don’t know why he was there, said Sheriff Marty Gleave of Piute County, Utah.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
Investigators said they believe Ashley probably hiked over the Piute Mountains, possibly using the Pacific Crest Trail, to get to Weldon, 10 miles away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2015
As a child, Reid fell in love with Piute Springs, the site of an old cavalry fort in California that he remembers as a place with lily pads and gushing water.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2015
It stands on the north wall of Piute Canyon: a big gray pyramid, reaching 13,204 feet above sea level.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2014
We found Santa barring the way so that Piute and Coyote could not go down the trail.
From The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure by Roosevelt, Wyn
"Bostil, I 'most forgot," went on Brackton, "Cordts sent word by the Piutes who come to-day thet he'd be here sure."
From Wildfire by Grey, Zane
"Piutes with Creech!" exclaimed Bostil, the deep gloom in his eyes lighting.
From Wildfire by Grey, Zane
The new tribe, the Yosemites, or Grizzly Bears, was made up of their remainder, with Monos and Piutes added.
From The Book of the National Parks by Yard, Robert Sterling
While we was watchin' the awful flood an' listenin' to the deep bum—bum—bum of rollin' rocks some one seen Creech an' two Piutes leadin' the hosses up thet trail where the slide was.
From Wildfire by Grey, Zane
The Piutes went to find some Navajos an' get hosses.
From Wildfire by Grey, Zane
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