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Definition of Rancheria
1. n. A dwelling place of a ranchero.
Definition of Rancheria
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rancheria
Literary usage of Rancheria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1912)
"La rancheria del Corral 4 9 Rested. 10 La Canada de Sta. Clara 3 11 Canada de Sta.
Clara, (to Sta. Rosa 6 leagues; to Sta. Catalina de Bononia 10 leagues. ..."
2. A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson, ( (2001)
"dian villages or rancherias in said county; that I have frequently during said
time visited the Capitan Grande rancheria, on the San Diego River, ..."
3. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"... burnt the rancheria and carried off a quantity of gold-dust that was found
there.1 Upon further inquiry it appeared that the rancheria was a large one ..."
4. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1897)
"There were about thirty captives taken; and, after fire was set to the rancheria,
they were driven off in a forlorn band, men, women and children, ..."
5. A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings by Helen Hunt Jackson, Henry Benjamin Whipple, Julius Hawley Seelye (1886)
"... that when I first visited said rancheria, some seventeen years ago, the Indians
belonging to the rancheria cultivated the valley below the falls on the ..."
6. Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimería Alta: A Contemporary Account of the by Eusebio Francisco Kino, Herbert Eugene Bolton (1919)
"... showed their arrogance by attacking the rancheria at daybreak on the morning
of March 30. They killed its captain and two or three others, ..."
7. Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimería Alta: A Contemporary Account of the by Eusebio Francisco Kino, Herbert Eugene Bolton (1919)
"... showed their arrogance by attacking the rancheria at daybreak on the morning
of March 30. They killed its captain and two or three others, ..."
8. Incidents on Land and Water: Or Four Years on the Pacific Coast : Being a by D. B. Bates (1858)
"There is, however, an Indian rancheria existing there, which draws many ...
We started, one bright morning, in a two-horse team, to visit the rancheria. ..."
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