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Nez Perces

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Nez Perce  (nz pûrs, ns) also Nez Per·cé (pr-s)
n. pl. Nez Perce or Nez Per·ces (pûrsz) also Nez Percé or Nez Per·cés (-sz)
1.
a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the lower Snake River and its tributaries in western Idaho, northeast Oregon, and southeast Washington, with present-day populations in western Idaho and northeast Washington.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Sahaptian language of the Nez Perce.
[French Nez-Percé : nez, nose + percé, past participle of percer, to pierce.]


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Here he found a village or encampment of forty huts or tents, covered with mats, and inhabited by Nez Perces, or Pierced-nose Indians, as they are called by the traders; but Chipunnish, as they are called by themselves.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Their route lies either through the Crow country, and the Black Hills, or through the lands of the Nez Perces, Flatheads, Bannacks, and Shoshonies.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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