单词 | piegan |
释义 | Piegann.adj. A. n. A member of a North American Indian people of the Blackfoot confederacy, inhabiting the Rocky Mountain region of Alberta and Montana. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > Plains Indian > [noun] > Algonquian Piegan1772 Cheyenne1778 Fall Indian1779 Blackfoot1796 Minnetaree1805 Plains Cree1810 Siksika1843 blood1844 Prairie Cree1863 Gros Ventre1868 Wood Cree1885 Wood Cree1910 1772 M. Cocking Jrnl. 1 Dec. in Trans. Royal Soc. Canada (1909) 2 ii. 110 There are 4 Tribes..Mithco-Athinuwuck or Bloody Indians, Koskitow-Wathesitock or Blackfooted Indians,—Pegonow or Muddy-water Indians & Sassewuck or Woody Country Indians. 1788 J. Trusler Habitable World Described 153 The Black-feet Indians, the Blood-Indians, and the Paegans. a1857 D. Thompson Narr. Explor. W. Amer. 1784–1812 (1916) i. xiv. 236 Another band of these people now dwell in tents near the head of this River in alliance with the Peeagans and their allies. 1868 N.Y. Herald 29 July 5/2 The Gros-Ventres have agreed..to keep peace with the whites and all the Indian tribes save the Pagons and Blackfeet. 1910 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 246/2 In 1858 the Piegan in the United States were estimated to number 3,700. 1949 Nat. Hist. May 195/2 The Blackfoot Confederacy includes, beside the Blood, the South and North Piegans and the Northern Blackfoot tribes. 2002 Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 14 Dec. ot11 I know there are seismic sensors drilled deep into what remains of what the Peigans call the Walking Mountain. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Piegans. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > Plains Indian > [adjective] > Algonquian Piegan1790 Plains Cree1860 Prairie Cree1926 1790 E. Umfreville Present State of Hudson's Bay (heading) 200 The Black-foot, Paegan, and Blood Indians. 1871 Congress. Globe 41st Congress 3 Sess. App. 68/1 Here, sir..I find within a convenient distance the Piegan Indians. 1883 Helena (Montana) Independent 17 May 1/2 The stock cattle..have diminished more than one-half, the result of Piegan bullets. 1907 J. W. Schultz My Life as Indian ii. 20 Her father is a Gros Ventre, but her mother is Piegan. 1937 J. P. Kinney Continent Lost iv. 149 In the winter of 1869-70, the War Department undertook a campaign, principally against the Piegan band of the Blackfeet. 2003 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 24 June a19 Local Peigan interpreters explained the culture and lifestyle of their ancestors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1772 |
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