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- noun Plural form of
Peoria .
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Examples
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His tribe, the Ottawas, with their allies, the Pottawattomies and Chippewas, in revenge, made war upon the Peorias and their confederates, the
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Various
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Other tribes that were located on small reservations in the northeast part of the Territory were the Modocs, Ottawas, Peorias, Quapaws,
The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Robert Elliott Flickinger
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In 1706 the ungrateful Peorias attacked and cruelly wounded the missionary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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In the territory's northeast corner there are fragments of the Peorias, Shawnees, Quapaws, Wyandottes, Senecas, Modocs, and Ottawas, numbering in all about 1500.
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_Kaskaskia_ is also the name of a tribe and means, "They scrape them off," or something of that kind, referring to the manner in which they get rid of their enemies, the Peorias.
The Trail Book Mary Hunter Austin 1901
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The Illinois nation was made up of several united tribes: Kaskaskias, Peorias, Kahokias, Tamaroas, and Moingona.
Heroes of the Middle West The French Mary Hartwell Catherwood 1874
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This route necessarily runs through the lands of the Cherokee Indians or through the small reservations of the Quapaws, the Peorias, the Ottawas, the
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland 1872
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With the Peorias are about 40 Miamies from Kansas.
The Indian Question (1874) Francis Amasa Walker 1868
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Senecas, the very flower of the conquering Iroquois, [H] occupy a small reservation in the north-eastern part of the Territory; while the remnants of the Quapaws, Ottawas, Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas,
The Indian Question (1874) Francis Amasa Walker 1868
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Owing to the secession of a considerable number who have allied themselves with the Peorias, in the Indian Territory, and also to the ravages of disease consequent on vicious indulgences, especially in the use of intoxicating drinks, this band, which, on its removal from
The Indian Question (1874) Francis Amasa Walker 1868
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