2. Noun. (plural of flathead) ¹
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Definition of Flatheads
1. flathead [n] - See also: flathead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatheads
Literary usage of Flatheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Father de Smet, S.J. (1801-1873) by E. Laveille (1915)
"The Flatheads were especially menaced, the yearly buffalo-hunt giving rise to new
... The Flatheads maintained that their ancestors had always enjoyed this ..."
2. Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians: Describing the Characteristics by James Lee Humfreville (1903)
"The Flatheads—Their Peculiar Language—Manner of Flattening the Heads of Their
... At that time all the Indians in this locality were known as Flatheads. ..."
3. The Natural History of the Human Species: Its Typical Forms, Primaeval by Charles Hamilton Smith (1852)
"Or all abnormal nations, the most singular were those Flatheads of South America,
whose bones and skulls now remaining, furnish the only proof, ..."
4. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... the One-eyed Chieftain — An Aristocracy of Flatheads— Hospitality among the
Chinooks ... Flatheads ..."
5. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"White» not to reside thereon unie«, etc. TREATY WITH THE Flatheads, ETC., 1855.
Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the treaty- ..."
6. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the by Washington Irving, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1895)
"... Nez Percys, and Flatheads—Prayers—Exhortations—A Preacher on Horseback—Effect
of Religion on the Manners of the Tribes—A New Light. ..."
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