Western Indians

Usage examples of arapahos.

It was only in silence, the Arapahos believed, that you could hear the Divine drawing near.

Father John knew the Arapahos considered the Mass only one of the many ways to worship the Great Mystery, the Shining Man Above.

With her round face and stocky build, the old woman had the look of the Cheyenne, or the Shyela, as the Arapahos called the people who had traveled with them across the plains.

He was thinking about what Banner had said: The Lander police broke up a party of Arapahos Friday night.

Ten miles up Sage Canyon in the foothills of the Wind River Mountains, it was the place Lean Bear had chosen for his family when the Arapahos came to the reservation a hundred years ago.

The Arapahos had insisted the entry resemble a tipi, with the door facing the east and the rising sun, like the dwellings in the Old Time.

It was similar to his idea of purgatory, except the Arapahos believed the Day of the Death ended on the third day, when the body was buried.

He wanted to believe the Arapahos would vote for the mission, if they had the choice.

The lobby was almost empty: two Arapahos waiting on the metal chairs, thumbing through magazines.

He returned two calls, both of which turned out to be from Arapahos wanting to know if St.

The Arapahos believed there was a healing grace in the touch of human fingers.

The Arapahos will think that the Jesuits--that I--have abandoned them, and it will make it easier for them to accept your proposal.

Father John told her how he had been spending as much time as possible with the old couple, how the Arapahos had rallied around, and how Ike Yellow Calf had made it his business to look after them.

Longarm had been taught to read sign by some of the best in the world: Apaches, Arapahos, Crows.