PAWNEES

n.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


n.

A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.


← PAWNEE P — all words PAWNER; PAWNOR →