Chip´pe`ways

n. pl.

(Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; - called also Objibways.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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He argued that "since the Great Spirit first placed us upon this earth, the Menomonies our brothers, the Chippeways & ourselves have always hunted together peaceably.

The Father of Life made the Earth for the Indian to roam upon--that the Chippeways & Menomonies & Winibagoes might wander wherever they pleased.

Marked by fire: Anishinaabe articulations of nationhood in treaty making with the United States and Canada

A canoe race "came off" on the Hudson the other day, between Chippeways and New Yorkers, which must have been as moving a sight as the buffalo hunt which I witnessed.

I. Years of Discipline

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