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1. Adirondack, n. and adj. View full entry 1699
...A member of the Algonquin people formerly living along the Ottawa River and its tributaries, in Ontario and Quebec. Also occas. with the and pl. concord: this people...
2. cayuse, n. View full entry 1841
...‘A common Indian pony’ (Scribner's Mag. II. 510). Also, any horse (N. Amer.colloq.)....
3. Choctaw, n. View full entry 1722
...A Muskogean North American Indian people, originally inhabiting Mississippi and Alabama; a member of this people. Also attrib. or as ...
4. moccasin, n. View full entry 1612
...A kind of soft-soled leather shoe originally worn by North American Indians, later also by trappers, backwoodsmen, etc....
5. Mohawk, n. and adj. View full entry 1634
...A member of a North American Indian people, one of the original five of the Iroquois Confederacy, inhabiting parts of southern Ontario and northern New York State....
6. Narragansett, adj. and n. View full entry 1622
...Of, relating to, or designating an Algonquian people of Rhode Island or their language....
7. persimmon, n. and adj. View full entry 1612
...The edible plumlike fruit of the North American tree Diospyros virginiana (the persimmon tree: see sense A. 2a), a large yellow or orange berry which is usually very...
8. piskun, n. View full entry 1892
...A North American Indian trap for buffalo, consisting of a natural or artificial canyon leading to a steep drop, over which large numbers of buffalo are stampeded, usually into an enclosure....
9. pok-ta-pok, n. View full entry 1932
...A ball game formerly played by Central and South American Indian peoples; = tlachtli...
10. salt chuck, n. View full entry 1868
...In western Canada and north-western U.S.: the sea, the ocean....
11. shaganappi, n. and adj. View full entry 1743
...Thread, cord, or thong made from raw hide, raw hide cut into strips. Also, a rough pony....
12. tlachtli, n. View full entry 1875
...The ceremonial ball-game of the Aztecs; = pok-ta-pok Also attrib., as tlachtli-court, tlachtli-field....
13. toboggan, n. View full entry 1829
...Originally, a light sledge consisting of a thin strip of wood turned up in front, used by the Canadian Indians for transport over snow; now, a similar vehicle, sometimes with low runners,...
14. ˈweequashing, n. View full entry 1888
...The spearing of eels or fish from a canoe by torchlight....
