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Big Knife†

[trans. of Cree kichimōkōmān]

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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in Indian parlance, originally, a Virginian; in Canada, an American; U.S. citizen.

See: Long Knife

Quotations

1787

They are determined . . . the Ohio shall be the boundary between them and the Big Knives.

1922

Jokes against the Big Knives (Yankees) and broad witticisms of all kinds flew from mouth to mouth.

1963

. . . an Indian . . . who had been trading in United States territory, said he knew how his people had been treated by the "Kitje Mokomans" (Big Knives, a word for the Americans). . . .