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shoshone
/ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/
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What does shoshone mean?
noun
- A member of an Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.
proper noun
- The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Shoshone people.
- The Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A small city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States.
- A census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/
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(See Dorman's "Origin of Primitive Superstitions," p. 23.) "The Shoshone legends people the mountains of Montana with little imps, called Nirumbees, two feet long, naked, and with a tail."
Later in the evening I accept the invitation of a Piute brave to come out to their camp, behind the village, and witness rival teams of Shoshone and Piute squaws play a match-game of " Fi-re-fla," the national game of both the Shoshone and Piute tribes.
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The latter had no chance to do anything, he was lucky to save himself; but if Crook had kept on his way, as ordered, to meet Terry, with his one thousand regulars and two hundred Crow and Shoshone scouts, he would inevitably have intercepted Custer in his advance and saved the day for him, and war with the Sioux would have ended right there.