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Definition of Kickapoo

1. Noun. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

Definition of Kickapoo

1. Proper noun. An Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe. ¹

2. Noun. A member of this tribe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kickapoo

Literary usage of Kickapoo

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

1. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"... of the homestead law, shall be qualified to make homestead entry upon said land?: And Whereas, allotments of land in severalty to said kickapoo Indians ..."

2. The Life and Adventures of a Quaker Among the Indians by Thomas Chester Battey (1903)
"... TO THE kickapoo CAMP. — CAMP AMONG THE MOUNTAINS. — kickapooS. ... camp until this afternoon, a party of perhaps a dozen of us started for the kickapoo ..."

3. The Law of Pure Food and Drugs, National and State: With Appendices by William Wheeler Thornton (1912)
"kickapoo Cough Cure, for coughs, colds, hoarseness, sore throat, croup, bronchitis." On analysis it was found to be a hydro-alcoholic solution of sugar, ..."

4. A History of Oklahoma by Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, Isaac Mason Holcomb (1908)
"Opening of the kickapoo Lands. —In May, 1895, the surplus lands of the kickapoo ... The lands of the kickapoo reservation embraced 85000 acres and were ..."

5. Indian Land Laws: Being a Treatise on Indianland Titles in Oklahoma and by Samuel Thomas Bledsoe (1913)
"The said kickapoo Tribe of Indians in the Indian Territory hereby cede, convey, transfer, and relinquish, forever and absolutely, without any reservation ..."

6. Kansas; a Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions by Frank Wilson Blackmar (1912)
"kickapoo, one of the oldest towns in Leavenworth county, is located on the ... kickapoo has a money order postoffice, several general stores, churches, ..."

7. Laws by Illinois (1911)
"AN ACT to take territory from the kickapoo Union School District a? kickapoo Union School District," approved March 31, 1869, in force organized under an ..."

8. Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio by Samuel Prescott Hildreth (1848)
"Encamps seven miles below, and is attacked in the night by the kickapoo Indians. ... Reaches the kickapoo town. — Meets an assembly of the western tribes, ..."

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