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Answer for the clue "Oregon Indian ", 5 letters:
modoc

Word definitions for modoc in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Modoc may refer to: Modoc people , a Native American/First Nations people :* Modoc language :* Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma , a federally recognized tribe of Modoc Modoc War , the last armed resistance of the Modoc people in 1873 The "Modocs", a Welsh gang operating ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Modocs \Mo"docs\, n. pl.; sing. Modoc . (Ethnol.) A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 9449 Housing Units (2000): 4807 Land area (2000): 3944.096888 sq. miles (10215.163611 sq. km) Water area (2000): 259.277148 sq. miles (671.524702 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4203.374036 sq. miles (10886.688313 sq. km) Located within: California ...

Usage examples of modoc.

Loran stood guard while the other four, Singai, Rainon, Juste and Modoc, sat to direct their minds on a mission of discovery.

Tiern had just begun to get concerned about him, in view of his own experience, when Modoc blinked and rose to a sitting position.

Tiern, trailed by Juste, Singai, and Loran, followed Modoc as he moved silently along.

Perhaps halfway down the corridor, Modoc halted and peered around a corner before darting past the opening and halting on the other side.

Loran crept across the opening to follow Modoc, while Juste and Singai shadowed Tiern.

He could hear Modoc panting slightly behind him as he labored up the stairs with Loran.

Simultaneously, Modoc, Singai, and Loran emerged from the inn and raced for their dyre.

Glancing further back, Tiern saw that Juste, Loran and Modoc, too, were cloaking themselves behind the fluctuating protection of their auras.

She lay the blaster aside and waited silently, as directed, but impatiently as Singai and Modoc each laid their hands upon Trace and closed their eyes.

Only when she had laid the weapon on his chest did Singai and Modoc open their eyes.

Juste, Singai and Modoc spoke together for a time, and then began to collect the bodies of their enemies, placing them near the base of the stone wall.

Balar excused himself to return to his duties and Singai, Modoc, and Juste took themselves off, intent upon whatever personal tasks demanded their attention.

To her surprise he had greeted Juste, Modoc and Rainon by name, grasping their forearms in a masculine handshake accompanied by an earnest bright-eyed gaze that Coventry was unable to decipher.

Ben was about to declare himself forcibly when he saw Modoc rise in his stirrups as if to peer across the lake, then duck down quickly.

Ben, sensing something most unusual, rode quickly by the rustlers to face Modoc, who had turned.