Ponca
noun
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
Poncas
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pluralof Ponca.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Indians within the limits of Dakota Territory are the Sioux, the Poncas, and the Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker
On one occasion, the Poncas made an incursion into Blackbird’s territory, and carried away a number of women and horses.
From Heroes and Hunters of the West Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnson, &c. by John Frost
The terrible stories of the Cheyennes and the Poncas are very mild chapters in the history of our Indian policy.
From Shadows of Shasta by Joaquin Miller
Now they were liable to lose their lands, as the Poncas had lost.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
With the Pawnees were a few Poncas, Omahas and Otoes, so that there were about four thousand Indians in the camp.
From Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people by George Bird Grinnell
