cheyennes in English

noun
1
the capital of Wyoming, in the southeastern part of the state; population 56,915 (est. 2008).
2
a member of an American Indian people formerly living between the Missouri and Arkansas rivers but now on reservations in Montana and Oklahoma.
On 25 June 1876, Custer attacked a great village of Sioux and Cheyennes on Montana's Little Bighorn River.
3
the Algonquian language of the Cheyenne.
The generations that succeed us will be unable to articulate those same feelings in Cheyenne , since English is now their first language.

Use "cheyennes" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "cheyennes" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "cheyennes", or refer to the context using the word "cheyennes" in the English Dictionary.

1. The Arapahos and Cheyennes will be considered together

2. The Cheyennes and Arapahos are two distinct tribes with distinct histories

3. Among the fighting Sioux and Cheyennes were a quintet of young Arapahos who really wanted to do battle with the Shoshones

4. High school history books record that the victors at the June 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, the ones who wiped out Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, were the Sioux (Lakotas), Cheyennes and Arapahos.

5. 1864 photograph of Edward Wynkoop (kneeling with hat) and Black Kettle (seated, center) (Courtesy National Archives) August 9th, 1868 August 9 th marked the day that long awaited annuity goods arrived for the Cheyennes and Arapahos gathered at Fort Larned, Kansas

6. Ed Sweeney, author of the definitive work on the Apache Wars, From Cochise to Geronimo: The Chiricahua Apaches, 1874-1886, says, “I have never encountered one incident where Apaches raped their female captives.It was a common act among some of the Plains Indians, the Comanches, Cheyennes and Kiowas.”