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Kaw U.S.|kɔː|
Also Caw, Kah.
Another name for the Kansa. Also attrib. or as adj.
1804Lewis & Clark in R. G. Thwaites Orig. Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1905) VI. 84 (in list) 3. Kanzas; Karsea; Kah. 1823W. Becknell in Missouri Intelligencer 22 Apr. 2/5 We..shaped our course over the high land which separates the waters of that and the Caw rivers. Among the Caw Indians we were treated hospitably. 1844J. Gregg Commerce Prairies I. 41 It was either a hoax..or else a stratagem of the Kaws (or Kansas Indians). 1930E. Ferber Cimarron xviii. 280 The Oklahoma Territory and the Indian Territory, with an Indian population of..various tribes..Kaws, Choctaws, Seminoles. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 16 May 28 The festivities..were planned by Mose Bellmard, chief of the Kaw Indian tribe. |