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- noun Plural form of
Potawatomi .
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Examples
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Hay, possessor of a Phi Beta Kappa key and a diploma from a fine Eastern university, could not restrain his laughter as he listened to the unworldly Lincoln attempt to converse with a delegation of Potawatomis by asking, “Where live now?” and “When go back Iowa?”
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Hay, possessor of a Phi Beta Kappa key and a diploma from a fine Eastern university, could not restrain his laughter as he listened to the unworldly Lincoln attempt to converse with a delegation of Potawatomis by asking, “Where live now?” and “When go back Iowa?”
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Though Doyle has been caught in the press making sketchy, virtually un-Democratic comments about gambling, at least regarding the Beloit off-res facility that's in planning, he's sealed the deal to the tune of $750 mil over the next 25 years with the Potawatomis over in Milwaukee.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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Though Doyle has been caught in the press making sketchy, virtually un-Democratic comments about gambling, at least regarding the Beloit off-res facility that's in planning, he's sealed the deal to the tune of $750 mil over the next 25 years with the Potawatomis over in Milwaukee.
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One of these light-footed messengers reached the famous chief of the Potawatomis, Shaubena, as he was about to start on a hunting expedition.
Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada Ethel T. Raymond
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Land had been granted to them by the Potawatomis and Kickapoos on the banks of the Tippecanoe, near its junction with the Wabash, and here they intended to make
Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada Ethel T. Raymond
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Potawatomis, over whom he had no power, alone were guilty.
Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada Ethel T. Raymond
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The Miami confederacy of Indians, whose villages were scattered through the central and northern parts of the State, included the Weas, Foxes, Piankishaws, Potawatomis, Shawanos,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Shawnees and Miamis from Tecumseh's own lost home beside the Wabash, Foxes and Sacs from the Iowan valley, Ottawas and Wyandots, Chippewas and Potawatomis, some braves from the middle prairies between the Illinois and the
The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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But the wanderers were not wholly without friends; certain Indian tribes, the Omahas and the Potawatomis, welcomed them to their lands, inviting them to camp within their territory during the coming winter.
The Story of "Mormonism" James Edward Talmage 1897
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