What is "absarokee"

Usage examples of "absarokee".

Attuned to flirtation and dalliance as due an Absarokee warrior, he easily accepted the multitude of female favors cast in his direction.

Ramsay Kent, relocated Yorkshire baronet, geologist, and adopted Absarokee married to his aunt, Hazard studied geology under the noted Swiss naturalist Agassiz, who had been invited to deliver a course of lectures at Harvard in 1847, subsequently had been offered a chair, and had stayed.

Hazard, reared in the mighty Absarokee culture, son of a chief and a chief in his own right, reacted poorly to orders from women.

Finally, very much later, when the heat of the afternoon had dwindled and the lethargy of a well-spent day enveloped the occupants of room 202, the only Absarokee prospecting for gold in Diamond City left the soft bed and warm woman and headed north out of Virginia City to his cabin on the mountaintop.

Inhaling a ragged, brutal breath, using every ounce of will bred into him by the harsh, Absarokee tradition, Hazard crushed down the overwhelming emotions driving him to take this woman and very deliberately pulled her arms from around his neck and stepped away from her.

The softly spoken Absarokee woke Blaze, but she lay drowsily quiescent, letting the sibilant cadence wash over her.

Hazard smiled at the vivid imagery, warmed by the poignant memories of his growing up time, when this land was Absarokee land.

When Absarokee children could first sit up, they were tied into a high-backed pack saddle and from then on became an integral part of the migrations of the tribe, riding their own ponies.

The Absarokee were the most resplendent of the Plains tribes, priding themselves on their appearance and dress.

Hazard murmured a few brisk phrases in Absarokee to them and, with a gesture much like a salute, they wheeled their ponies and galloped away.

In the summer, we meet with the River Absarokee, the Black Lodges, and socialize.

Blaze interjected into the Absarokee passing back and forth, saving Hazard from having to probe his feelings on this new experience.

The River Absarokee had first witnessed the dance when visiting the Hidatsa, and the dance had been introduced to the Main Body only a few years ago.

Wolf spoke briefly and Hazard replied in a rush of soft Absarokee before allowing himself to be led away.

It was comforting to realize that this river had been crossing Absarokee hunting ground since before they had horses.