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- adjective dated
Shawnee .
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Examples
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The Shawnese acknowledge them their superiors even in their own way of fighting ....
The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 Archibald Henderson 1920
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Various Indian tribes, the Catawbas, the Cherokees, and the Shawnese hunted not far away, and although they were often on friendly terms with the whites, and came to the settlement to trade, sometimes they put on their war paint, and descended on the small frontier homes with full fury.
Historic Boyhoods Rupert Sargent Holland 1915
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Valley, but the call to follow the trail of the buffaloes and the westward moving Shawnese was clear in his ears.
Historic Boyhoods Rupert Sargent Holland 1915
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Shawnese Indians had formerly lived on the Cumberland river, and
The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin Frederick Jackson Turner 1896
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Messenger from the Shawnese, who informed me that the Enemy was on their march for their Country, which obliged me to turn their way, and to my great mortification found the alarm false & that it was owing to a
The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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Shawnese warriors, who were on their way to attack his own fort.
Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877
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[Footnote 1: The Shawnese for Americans.] [Footnote 2: The seventeen States of the Union.]
Burl Morrison Heady 1872
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This town was inhabited by the Shawnese, and Boone was placed in a most severe school, in which to learn Indian modes and ceremonies, by being himself the subject of them.
The First White Man of the West Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840 1856
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Leaving twenty young men to defend the place, he marched with thirty chosen men towards the Shawnese towns.
The First White Man of the West Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840 1856
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We shall close these details of the Shawnese customs, at the time when Boone was prisoner among them, by giving his account of their ceremonies at making peace.
The First White Man of the West Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840 1856
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