Yumas
- plural of Yuma.
Example Sentences
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So terrible was the defeat, that to this day the Yumas hold an annual “Cry,” or lamentation, in memory of it.
From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by Lloyd, J. William
At length they came to a tribe much shorter of stature than the Yumas, and friendly.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
The Yumas, however, had anticipated this move, and the trappers found there only one poor old man, whom they spared.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
Hobbs employed the Yumas to take his party over, the horses swimming, and the arrangement seems to have worked very well.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
Hobbs calls this the best thing the Yumas ever did.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
