Shoshoni
noun
Shoshonis
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pluralof Shoshoni.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Chief Washakie of the Wind River Shoshonis concludes: "The white man, who possesses this whole vast country from sea to sea ... cannot know the cramp we feel in this little spot..."
From Time Magazine Archive
You see, this was on the road to the Great Falls, and the Shoshonis, Flatheads, and Nez Percés all went over there each summer to get meat.
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough
Well, this was their range, young excellencies, and this was the head of the disputed ground between the Crows, Nez Percés, Flatheads, and Shoshonis, all of whom knew good buffalo country when they saw it.
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough
We are still on foot with Clark, you know, and we don’t know where the boats are, and we haven’t found any Shoshonis and we’ve not too much to eat.
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough
The Shining Mountains were in sight; the land of the Shoshonis lay yonder, to the southwest.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
