单词 | mission indian |
释义 | > as lemmasmission Indian mission Indian n. North American a North American Indian brought up under the guidance of missionaries; (U.S.) spec. a member of any of a number of North American Indian peoples of California, originally converted to Christianity by Spanish Franciscan missionaries. ΚΠ 1853 B. I. Hayes Pioneer Notes (1929) 94 Mr. Wilson goes to the Legislature, now in session, to obtain their co-operation in his plans for the Old Mission Indians. 1889 W. H. Withrow Our own Country 253 He collected, at Montreal, a force of four hundred men, including mission Indians. 1992 Spy (N.Y.) Apr. 44/1 He has also favorably impressed Jow Benitez, the tribal chairman of the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians of Indio, California. < as lemmas |
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