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- noun Plural form of
Yuma .
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Examples
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But the Yumas grew poorer, less energetic, and careless of the fame of their great man.
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The Yumas played a game with two poles fifteen feet long and a ring a few inches in diameter.
Indian Games : an historical research Andrew McFarland Davis
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Virey, Marques de Mancora, sobre las Doctrinas de Casas Grandes, que estaban en las Yumas, Jurisdiccion de San Felipe del Parral_, in
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Yumas, and were easily subjected by the early Franciscans.
Old Mission Stories of California Charles Franklin Carter
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But the Yumas had become subdued with time, and traveling made safe.
Old Mission Stories of California Charles Franklin Carter
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Boundary Survey, Vol. I, p. 111, says: "The Yumas played a game with sticks like jackstraws."
Indian Games : an historical research Andrew McFarland Davis
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Among those employed were a number of Indians, Pimas, Maricopas, Pagagos, Yumas, Yaquis and one or two Apache-Mohaves.
Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert James H. McClintock
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Yumas and other fierce tribes, who stole their horses and cattle and harassed their camps.
Gold Seekers of '49 Charles H. [Illustrator] Stephens 1911
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I ran on a little bar and panned out some dust, so I camped a while, washing gold, getting friendly with the Yumas, and talking horse and other things with the immigrants.
Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909
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The Yumas moved up river a ways, where they've lived ever since.
Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909
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