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Definition of Teton in English: Teton(also Teton Sioux) noun ˈtiːtɒnˈt(ə)nˈtētän another term for Lakota Example sentencesExamples - In the first, raids by the Cheyenne and Arapaho joined by some Teton Sioux ravaged Colorado until battles at the North Platte and Powder rivers in late 1865 bought a year's relative tranquillity.
- In 1890 a Ghost Dance uprising in South Dakota culminated at Wounded Knee, when US troops massacred some 200 Teton Sioux.
- On September 23, the expedition met the Teton Sioux, who insisted that the soldiers pay a heavy tribute to them before continuing on.
OriginThe name in Dakota, literally 'dwellers on the prairie'. Definition of Teton in US English: Teton(also Teton Sioux) nounˈtētän another term for Lakota Example sentencesExamples - On September 23, the expedition met the Teton Sioux, who insisted that the soldiers pay a heavy tribute to them before continuing on.
- In the first, raids by the Cheyenne and Arapaho joined by some Teton Sioux ravaged Colorado until battles at the North Platte and Powder rivers in late 1865 bought a year's relative tranquillity.
- In 1890 a Ghost Dance uprising in South Dakota culminated at Wounded Knee, when US troops massacred some 200 Teton Sioux.
OriginThe name in Dakota, literally ‘dwellers on the prairie’. |