Three Fires
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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A Missouri resident died of the infection in July after swimming at Lake of Three Fires in southwestern Iowa, health officials have said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2022
Last month, a Missouri resident died of the same infection likely caused by the amoeba at Lake of Three Fires in southwestern Iowa.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022
The person had been swimming at the beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park in Iowa.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2022
He was the grand chief, or spiritual leader, of the Three Fires Midewiwin Lodge.
From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2020
The Ottawas, Chippewas and Potawatomi formed a sort of loose confederacy known as the Three Fires, and Massas, a Chippewa chief, so referred to them at the Treaty of Greenville.
From The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 by Barce, Elmore
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