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
Sacajawea, the "Bird-woman," born in the mountain region dwelt in by the Shoshones, had been made captive, when a child, by the Blackfeet, the foes of her people, and by them sold into slavery.
From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Rouse Larus
