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Blackfoot   /blˈækfˌʊt/   Listen
Blackfoot

noun
(pl. Blackfeet, Blackfoot)
1.
A member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains.
2.
Any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot.



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"Blackfoot" Quotes from Famous Books



... search for the richest rewards the trapper continually pushed farther and farther away from the "States," encroaching at length on the territory claimed by Spain, a claim to be soon (1821) adopted by the new-born Mexican Republic. Trespassing on the tribal rights of Blackfoot, Sioux, Ute, or any other did not enter into any one's mind as something to be considered. Thus, rough-shod the trapper broke the wilderness, fathomed its secret places, traversed its trails and passes, marking them with his own blood and more vividly with that of the natives. Incidentally, ...
— The Romance of the Colorado River • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

... when he entered, but a few minutes before, rose again. He crossed to the well, and smiled from half-humorous eyes at the younger man standing beside the animals, and said: "Bumped into a hornet's nest. Butted into an indignation meetin'. A Blackfoot war powwow when the trader had furnished free booze would have been a peace party ...
— The Plunderer • Roy Norton

... not without thought, and kindly thought, that Jean ordered this arrangement, for Blackfoot, though old and scarred, a trail-worn veteran, had not a spark of unkindness in his composition. He was the dog with Newfoundland blood in him, who, like Bill the leader, and unlike the rest of the pack, had not ...
— Jan - A Dog and a Romance • A. J. Dawson

... only about three years old, the Blackfoot band of Sioux were on their usual roving hunt, following the buffalo while living their natural happy life upon the wonderful wide prairies ...
— Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains • [AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman

... by her side and asked her by sign talk: "Are you a Sioux?" She shook her head. "Are you a Blackfoot?" Again she shook her head, and the effort seemed to tire her. I made many signs of the different tribes, but in the Crow sign she said "No" to them all. Her form seemed to be of rawhide, and on her fingers were still a few old rings made from the ...
— The Sheep Eaters • William Alonzo Allen



Words linked to "Blackfoot" :   Buffalo Indian, Plains Indian, blackfoot daisy, Algonquian, Algonquian language, Algonquin



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