Yankton

[ yangk-tuhn ]

noun,plural Yank·tons, (especially collectively) Yank·ton for 1.

a member of one of two tribes of Dakota Indian people who inhabited the northern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries.: Compare Yanktonai.
a town in SE South Dakota.

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Sheppard’s biggest gamble, however, was enrolling his daughter in an elementary school in Yankton.
VANISHED: 6 Unsolved and Baffling Disappearances | Sohini Das Gupta | July 21, 2021 | Ozy
A string of forged documents had landed him his new identity, a job and even a rented house in Yankton, South Dakota.
VANISHED: 6 Unsolved and Baffling Disappearances | Sohini Das Gupta | July 21, 2021 | Ozy
Then rose Toh-ki-e-to (a medicine-man,) of the Yankton band, and principal orator of the nation.
The Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the Wigwam | John Frost
Then, he gave his reasons: 'I know he is old, by the impression his gait has made and a Yankton by that of his moccasin.
The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. Ellis
On the way, we made a short stop at the Yankton agency, which we had visited two years before.
Mary and I | Stephen Return Riggs

For the ordination the Congregational churches of Yankton and Springfield had united in calling the council.
Mary and I | Stephen Return Riggs
The building is going up—August, 1877—a neat and substantial frame, the material of which was brought up from Yankton by boat.
Mary and I | Stephen Return Riggs

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