English Dictionary: Loups | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Loups \Loups\, n. pl.; sing. {Loup}. [F., prop., a wolf.] (Ethnol.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, n. pl.; sing. {Pawnee}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians (called also {Loups}) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also {Pani}. |