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Piute

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Pi·ute  (pyt)
n.
Variant of Paiute.

Piute [ˈpaɪˌuːt paɪˈjuːt]
n
(Social Science / Peoples) a variant spelling of Paiute
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Noun1.Piute - a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United StatesPiute - a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States
Shoshone, Shoshoni - a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States


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It is known that he was found by a family of Piute Indians, who kept the little wretch with them for a time and then sold him--actually sold him for money to a woman on one of the east-bound trains, at a station a long way from Winnemucca.
 
 
 
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