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Definition of Little missouri

1. Noun. A river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Little Missouri

Literary usage of Little missouri

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1908)
"This plain back several miles from the stream reaches an elevation of 200 to 250 feet above the little missouri. Throughout its course in Bowman county the ..."

2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1907)
"little missouri (N. Dak.), sources, XVII, 193, XXIV, 87, XXVII, 226; mouth, ... little missouri (affluent of Platte), XV,. little missouri (S. Dak.). ..."

3. Diagnostic et séméologie des maladies tropicales by Hermann Toenjes, Andy Adams, R. Wurtz, A. Thiroux, Herbert Myrick (1905)
"Our route, after skirting the Black Hills, followed up the Belle Fourche a few days, and early in August we crossed over to the little missouri River. ..."

4. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark (1902)
"... chief—They leave their encampment, and proceed on their journey—Description of the little missouri—Some account of the ..."

5. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"DOWN THE MISSOURI FROM THE little missouri TO WHITE RIVER. Captain Lewis'boats heave in sight, and the Expedition is now reunited—The little missouri ..."

6. Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt (1908)
"On the little missouri, however, during the eighties and early nineties, there was a very distinct though usually local migration. ..."

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