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Definition of Conchos
1. concho [n] - See also: concho
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conchos
Literary usage of Conchos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the by Richard Hakluyt (1905)
"conchos River, Antonio de Espejo Commission of Queen Elizabeth to Sir Jerome Bowes
... 59. Conception town, see Concepción. conchos, Indians, and Friar ..."
2. Spanish Exploration in the Southwest, 1542-1706 by Herbert Eugene Bolton (1916)
"... number of Indians of the conchos nation, many of whom, to the number of more
than a thousand, came out to meet us along the road we were travelling. ..."
3. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"'Al Oriente tienen el rio de los conchos ya Poniente la Sinaloa, ... The conchos
inhabit the banks of the Rio Conchas, near its confluence with the Rio del ..."
4. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"The conchos itself has a course of one hundred and forty leagues, or about three
hundred and seventy miles. In eighteen miles we reached La Cruz, ..."
5. Dams and Rivers: Primer on the Downstream Effects of Dams by Michael Collier, Robert H. Webb, John C. Schmidt (1998)
"A dramatic change occurs there as the Rio conchos enters from Mexico. The conchos
is not a trivial tributary; a flood in 1904 is estimated to have ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1911)
"the foregoing statement that the Jumano at this time were dwelling in the
neighborhood of the conchos-Rio Grande junction, where they were first met, ..."
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