DCHP-3

Dreamer

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1an. — Hist.

an Indian who claimed the power of divination.

Quotations

1784-1812
Others turn Dreamers, and tell what other tribes are doing and intend to do; where the Bisons and Deer are most plenty; and how the weather will be; and the boldest Dreamers point out the place of the camp of their enemy, and what they intend to do.
1bn.

a member of an Indian religious cult that flourished in the Oregon Territory in the mid-19th century, popularly called "the Dreamers."

Quotations

1910
"Smohalla has recently died, but, in spite of occasional friction with agency officials, the "Dreamers", as they are popularly called, maintain their religious organization, with periodical gatherings and an elaborate ceremony."
1952
. . . the Dreamers believed that someday all the dead warriors would arise and help the living to recapture their country.
2n.

a member of a fanatical Russian sect in southern Alberta.

Quotations

1910
Even more troublesome have been the fanatics known as the "Dreamers."