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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
Absaroka
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From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
Absarokas
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
abstained
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From this reading In trade they abstained from liquor and bought guns and ammunition.
adventurer
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From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
all
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
ammunition
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From this reading In trade they abstained from liquor and bought guns and ammunition.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In trade they abstained from liquor and bought guns and ammunition.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
astride
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
Beckwourth
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From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
bison
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From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
bought
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From this reading In trade they abstained from liquor and bought guns and ammunition.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
careful
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
Crows
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
danced
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
decade
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From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
dreaded
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
dressing
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From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In trade they abstained from liquor and bought guns and ammunition.
getting
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From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
guns
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From this reading In trade they abstained from liquor and bought guns and ammunition.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
hunters
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From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
industrious
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From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
Jim
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From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
kill
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
known
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
leadership
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From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
liquor
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From this reading In trade they abstained from liquor and bought guns and ammunition.
made
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
man
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
Mountains
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
mulatto
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From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
numbering
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
plenty
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
ponies
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
ranged
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
RISING
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
robes
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From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
Rocky
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
ruled
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From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
scalps
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
skilled
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From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
Southward
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
Sparrowhawks
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
stole
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In trade they abstained from liquor and bought guns and ammunition.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
trade
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From this reading In trade they abstained from liquor and bought guns and ammunition.
tribes
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From this reading For a decade or so one, if not both, of the Absaroka tribes had been ruled by a mulatto adventurer Jim Beckwourth.
UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
very
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
war
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
white
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From this reading They made themselves dreaded in war, stole plenty of ponies, danced for scalps beyond all numbering, and were very careful not to kill a white man.
whites
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
WOLF
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From this reading RISING WOLF Southward, astride of the Rocky Mountains, ranged the Absarokas, the Sparrowhawks, who were known to the whites as the Crows.
women
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From this reading Under his leadership the hunters were skilled in getting, the women industrious in dressing bison robes.
