Yankton

[ yangk-tuhn ]

/ ˈyæŋk tən /

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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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Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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