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tushepaw
noun 1adj 1name 1
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3ADJ.
understood
TUSHEPAW + NOUN
boy
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
1
A member of a Native American group mentioned in some early travel accounts.
In answer to his eager questions, the Tushepaws informed him that the Great River was but two days distant and that a small party of white men had just descended it.
adj
1
Of or relating to these people.
Then a Tushepaw boy, who understood Shoshone, translated Clark's speech into his own people's tongue.
name
1
The language of these people.
English to French to Minataree to Shoshone to Tushepaw. The track of that speech gives a small idea of the patchwork of languages […]
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In answer to his eager questions, the Tushepaws informed him that the Great River was but two days distant and that a small party of white men had just descended it.
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Then a Tushepaw boy, who understood Shoshone, translated Clark's speech into his own people's tongue.
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English to French to Minataree to Shoshone to Tushepaw. The track of that speech gives a small idea of the patchwork of languages […]
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