wickiup

Example Sentences

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Giving up corporation law in New York for a squalid miner's wickiup, Matt Devlin soon stops digging and turns to honest usury instead, buying out the claims of desperate miners.

From Time Magazine Archive

Honorary chairman was none other than Vice President Charles Curtis, whose grandmother was a Kaw and who shows his interest in Indian art by decorating his imposing office with beaded moccasins and a tribal wickiup.

From Time Magazine Archive

At last the Coyote-Spirit grew so bold that when there was no one passing on the trail he would go and walk up and down in front of the wickiup.

From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Austin, Mary Hunter

All morning long women walked past Redbird's wickiup, looking curiously at the man who sat there motionless.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert

He never let people forget that he was the son of the great war chief Black Hawk, whose wickiup lay only a short distance from his own.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert