单词 | river indian |
释义 | > as lemmasRiver Indian River Indian n. now historical and rare a member of any of various North American Indian peoples inhabiting the area around a river in New England, esp. the Connecticut or the Hudson. ΚΠ 1676 I. Mather Brief Hist. Warr Indians New-Eng. 22 The Narraganset, and Nipmuck, and Quahaog, and River Indians, being all come together. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia 388 The Mohawks carried on a furious war down the Hudson against the Mohiccons and river indians. 1871 C. M. Yonge Pioneers & Founders i. 8 The Pequots were..at war..with the Narragansets, or river Indians. 1978 Handbk. Amer. Indians XV. 211/2 Starting in the early 1660s, English colonial authorities used the name River Indians for the Mahican and other Algonquian-speaking Indians residing on the Hudson River. < as lemmas |
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