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Lipans

Lipans \Li*pans"\ (l[-e]*p[aum]nz"), n. pl.; sing. Lipan (l[-e]*p[aum]n"). (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.

Usage examples of "lipans".

If it was Kiowas, it was a good chance to lose hair, and the same for Lipans or Comanches.

It was Apache country, too, mostly Lipans, I believed, but I was no expert on this area of Texas.

South and east was Kiowa country, Comanche country, and the land where the Lipans rode.