Wyandot

[ wahy-uhn-dot ]

noun,plural Wy·an·dots, (especially collectively) Wy·an·dot for 1.

an Indian of the former Huron confederacy.
a dialect of the Huron language, especially as used by those elements of the Huron tribe regrouped in Oklahoma.

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This last appellation was but a nickname of the tribe, which was properly called Wendot or Wyandot.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614 | Various
Adario, a celebrated chief of the Wyandot nation, who was at the height of his usefulness and reputation, about 1690.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
Between these two there was war even to the knife; the greater portion of the Wyandot league belonging to the Algonkin class.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon Latham
On the one hand there were twenty-five Wyandot warriors who defied death.
Stories of Old Kentucky | Martha Grassham Purcell
The Mohawk language is on the tongue; the Wyandot is in the throat.
The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha | Ellen H. Walworth

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