Shoshone
noun
a river in NW Wyoming, flowing NE into the Big Horn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
Shoshones
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pluralof Shoshone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Once, he tells you, this was the land of the Shoshones.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2018
You have to ford numerous rivers, and the Shoshones, Pawnees and Sioux, were extremely adept at helping the pioneers make these fords.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 12, 2015
With unemployment on the reservation at 70 percent, the leases represent needed income for some of the 3,500 Eastern Shoshones and 9,600 Northern Arapahoes, he said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2011
He has collected turtles and their eggs at Key West and mountain goat photographs and horns in the Shoshones.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then they each took the elk's tooth in his hand and made a vow that whether Winnedumah came down from his rock, or whether the Shoshones found them, come what would, they would stand together.
From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Mary Hunter Austin
