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- noun Plural form of
Upsaroka .
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Examples
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They painted in strong colors, to the poor Canadian voyageurs, the risk they would run of perishing with hunger and thirst; of being cut off by war-parties of the Sioux who scoured the plains; of having their horses stolen by the Upsarokas or Crows, who infested the skirts of the Rocky Mountains; or of being butchered by the Blackfeet, who lurked among the defiles.
Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 1836
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On returning, they beheld a number of Indians prowling about their camp, whom, to their infinite disquiet, they soon perceived to be Upsarokas, or Crows.
Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 1836
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Upsarokas or Crows, the tribe among which Rose was to officiate as interpreter.
Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 1836
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This man was the son of an Indian squaw of the tribe of Upsarokas, who live among the fastnesses of the Black Hills, near the source of the Missouri.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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In the course of a few days they would arrive at the mountainous district infested by the Upsarokas or Crows, the tribe among which Rose was to officiate as interpreter.
Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Washington Irving 1821
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Upsarokas or Crows, who infested the skirts of the Rocky Mountains; or of being butchered by the Blackfeet, who lurked among the defiles.
Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Washington Irving 1821
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"This man was the son of an Indian woman of the tribe of Upsarokas, who live among fastnesses of the Black Hills, near the source of the
A Strange Discovery Charles Romyn Dake
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