Chapter VIII

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

(usually followed by “to”) naturally disposed toward

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading There was no Hudson's Bay post nearer than Edmonton and no stores.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

possessive form of “bull” — uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

plural of “cart” — a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

a state in which you want to learn more about something

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

complete and wholehearted fidelity

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

not still wet

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

the capital of the province of Alberta

From this reading There was no Hudson's Bay post nearer than Edmonton and no stores.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

creating or arousing excitement

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

a ceremonial dinner party for many people

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

any federal law-enforcement officer

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

make full, also in a metaphorical sense

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

possessive form of “hudson” — a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century

From this reading There was no Hudson's Bay post nearer than Edmonton and no stores.

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

possessive form of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

an occurrence of something

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

plural of “labor” — a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

engage in

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

come together

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

being nothing more than specified

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

plural of “mouth” — the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance

From this reading There was no Hudson's Bay post nearer than Edmonton and no stores.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

not any; not one

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

plural of “party” — an organization to gain political power

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

possessive form of “peter” — disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

affix in a public place or for public notice

From this reading There was no Hudson's Bay post nearer than Edmonton and no stores.

a stock or supply of foods

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

plural of “race” — any competition

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

plural of “runner” — someone who imports or exports without paying duties

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

plural of “shake” — building material used as siding or roofing

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

possessive form of “son” — a male human offspring

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

suffering from lack of food

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

plural of “store” — a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading There was no Hudson's Bay post nearer than Edmonton and no stores.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading There was no Hudson's Bay post nearer than Edmonton and no stores.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There was no Hudson's Bay post nearer than Edmonton and no stores.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

depleted of strength or energy

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

plural of “vegetable” — edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

precisely as stated

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

make a vow; promise

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the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

the process of paying close and continuous attention

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Our garden on the new land had done very well, but it was a mere bite for the many mouths it had to fill.

at the time that

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

during the time that

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

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From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Our own party was large, and then every little while starving Indians and passing travellers would call, and these must be fed.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Dried meat and pemmican, with fowl and fish now and then, make very good food, but when you have no vegetables or flour to give variety, you are apt to become tired of them.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Provisions diminishing--A buffalo hunt organized--Oxen and Red River carts--Our "buffalo runners"--Meet with Maskepetoon--Maskepetoon shakes hands with his son's murderer--An Indian's strange vow--Instance of Indian watchfulness--"Who-Talks-Past-All-Things"--Come upon the buffalo--An exciting charge--Ki-you-ken-os races the buffalo--Peter's exciting adventure--Buffalo dainties--Return home--War parties--Indian curiosity--Starving Young Bull's "dedication feast"--Missionary labors.