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pawnees (root: pawnee)
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pawnees, prop. n. pl.
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 . [1913 Webster]
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