Skagit
noun
a member of a Lushootseed-speaking Indigenous people of Washington State: divided into the Upper Skagit and Lower Skagit tribes.
Skagits
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pluralof Skagit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Skagits give this name to the "Couteaux," a tribe of Indians on Frazer River, of whom they stand in like awe.
From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
They consisted chiefly of the Chinooks, Vancouvers, the Walla Wallas, the Yacomars, the Spokans, the Cayuses, the Nez-Percés, the Skagits, the Cascades, and many tribes that were scarcely more than families.
From The Log School-House on the Columbia by Hezekiah Butterworth
On the south the Lummi adjoin the Samish and other bands of the Skagits, who in language approach the Nisquallies.
From Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi by George Gibbs
Angeline was first married to a big chief of the Skagits, Dokubkun by name; her second husband was Talisha, a Duwampsh chief.
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Emily Inez Denny
