Paiute

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Meaning

the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute

a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States

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After completing eight weekly trips from both Sacramento and Saint Joseph, the Pony Express was forced to suspend mail services because of the outbreak of the Paiute Indian War in May 1860. Source: Internet

A Paiute Indian reservation occupies about convert in the downtown area. Source: Internet

Another says the raiders had heard that men at the station had kidnapped two Paiute women, and fighting broke out when they went to investigate and free the women. Source: Internet

Despite four years of use by the incarcerees, the site also retains evidence of the ranches and of the town of Manzanar, as well as artifacts from the days of the Owens Valley Paiute settlement. Source: Internet

During the Paiute uprising of 1860 he was chased by a band of Paiute Indians on horseback and was forced to retreat into the hills behind some rocks where he killed seven of his assailants in a shoot-out before being killed himself. Source: Internet

Either way, the war party killed five men and the station was burned.sfn During the following weeks, other isolated incidents occurred when whites in Paiute country were ambushed and killed. Source: Internet

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