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Webster 1913 Edition
Pawnees
Pawˊnees′
,p
; rop.
Noun.
pl.
sing.
Pawnee
. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians (called also
Loups
) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now (1890) live mostly in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani
.