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Teton   /tˈitən/  /tˈitɑn/   Listen
Teton

noun
1.
A member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains.  Synonyms: Lakota, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux.



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"Teton" Quotes from Famous Books



... up behind him, and carried him off in safety, although they were hotly pursued by the enemy. Thus he associated himself in his maiden battle with the wizard of Indian warfare, and Hump, who was then at the height of his own career, pronounced Crazy Horse the coming warrior of the Teton Sioux. ...
— Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains • [AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman

... out to the east, is a great look-out, where the great sun dial with its twenty-eight spokes representing the twenty-eight tribes of the Sheep Eaters, overlooking the great Grey Bull country, the Ten Sleep Mountains and the Teton Peaks sweeping down toward the Big Horn Canyon. There the Grey Bull and Wind River and Sage Creek are sweeping through Big Horn Canyon, with its chiseled walls, more than a third of a mile in height, and its serpentine trail fifty-two miles into the Big Horn River, and thence into the Yellowstone ...
— The Sheep Eaters • William Alonzo Allen



Words linked to "Teton" :   Siouan, Sioux, Hunkpapa, Two Kettle, Ogalala, Oglala, Sihasapa, Brule, Miniconju



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