Lexic.us

Definition of Arapahoe

1. Noun. A member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arapahoe

Literary usage of Arapahoe

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

1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"... Northern Cheyenne and Northern arapahoe Tribes of Indians ; Concluded May 10, 1868 ; Ratification advised July 25, 1868 ; Proclaimed August 25, 1868. ..."

2. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"On August 30, 1904, HF Watts and the writer, for the purpose of ascertaining the rate of movement of arapahoe Glacier, placed upon the ice ten zinc tablets, ..."

3. History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Frances Fuller Victor (1890)
"arapahoe, first alphabetically, as well as in point of time, ... Two things have redeemed arapahoe from poverty, first the prosperity of Denver as the ..."

4. A Guidebook to Colorado by Eugene Parsons (1911)
"The Russell party discovered all the. gold there was in arapahoe County; at least, ... The population of arapahoe County in 1910 was 10263. County Seat. ..."

5. Our Red Brothers and the Peace Policy of President Ulysses S. Grant by Lawrie Tatum (1899)
"Brinton Darlington, a "Friend," was Appointed Agent of the Cheyenne arapahoe Indians—He Went into the Service from a Sense of Religious Duty—The arapahoes ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"The case was transferred by stipulation to the District Court of the First Judicial District of the Territory for the County of arapahoe, where judgment was ..."

7. Over the Range to the Golden Gate: A Complete Tourist's Guide to Colorado by Stanley Wood (1889)
"... arapahoe COUNTY COURT HOUSE, DENVER. residences, the homes of mining princes and cattle barons, the lovely suburbs and the United States Military Post. ..."

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