Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to an Indian, more particularly to an Indian of the North Pacific coast.
- noun An Indian of the North Pacific coast: often used as though siwash were the name of a particular tribe.
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Examples
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The Siwash was a small tribe that got chased off the Pacific Coast by their enemies.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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One of the things we have every night in the show is an Injun dance, and Looey and I sings what the doctor calls the Siwash war chant, whirling round and round each other, and making licks at each other with our tommyhawks, and letting out sudden wild yips in the midst of that chant.
Danny's Own Story 1912
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Historical figure "Siwash" George W. Carmack, who found gold in a moose pasture near the Klondike River in August, 1896, even has a role in the story.
“I, in the course of making my living by turning journalism into literature. . .” 2008
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"Siwash" (Ainslee's Magazine, March, 1901) is a "grit of woman" story, a familiar theme in London's northland fiction.
“The way of a man with a maid may be too wonderful to know. . .” 2008
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He dwelt mainly upon his trips into the forest (occasional vacations from repulsive labor), but I was able to infer from a word here and there, his detestation of the coarse jests and senseless arguments of his "Siwash" companions.
A Daughter of the Middle Border Hamlin Garland 1900
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He was familiarly known as "Siwash" George -- a derogatory term which had arisen out of his affinity for the Indians.
Revolution, and Other Essays Jack London 1896
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The malamute is the Esquimau dog; and what for want of a better name is called the "Siwash" is the Indian dog.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Hudson Stuck 1891
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The "Siwash" dog is the common Indian dog; generally undersized, uncared for, half starved most of the time, and snappish because not handled save with roughness.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Hudson Stuck 1891
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In the interior the universal "Siwash" hitch was tandem, and is yet, but as trails have widened and improved, more and more the tendency grows amongst white men to hitch two abreast; and the most convenient rig is a lead line to which each dog is attached independently by a single-tree, either two abreast, or, by adding a further length to the lead line, one behind the other, so that on a narrow trail the tandem rig may be quickly resorted to.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Hudson Stuck 1891
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I have found the Octupus hooks work a bit better than the Siwash.
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