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
Laying aside his pipe, he spread his blankets in the wickiup, and then walked quietly toward the quaking aspen.
From Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer Or, The Stranger in Camp by Ingraham, Prentiss
Entering the wickiup she saw, silhouetted against the light of the low fire in the center, a figure rising up big as a buffalo, her half brother, Iron Knife.
From Shaman by Shea, Robert
Even in the semidarkness of the wickiup White Bear could see pain in her eyes.
From Shaman by Shea, Robert
