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Plain(s) Indian

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a member of a of several tribes of Indians inhabiting the prairies, as the Blackfoot, Assiniboine, and Plains Cree.

See: horse Indian(def. 2),Prairie Indian

Quotations

1697

. . . about four a clock some plain indians arrived at the fort. . . .

1844

The plains Indians are in a state of warfare, and there is a certain degree of danger in a single boat or canoe passing through their country.

1878

He considers the success of this attempt of the Plain Indians to settle down to the routine of the whiteman's life . . . as most successful and gratifying.

1957

For the pedestrian Plains Indians, without a horse, the dog was a beast of burden.