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Tuscarora
[ tuhs-kuh-rawr-uh, -rohr-uh ]
noun
, plural Tus·ca·ro·ras, (especially collectively) Tus·ca·ro·ra.
- a member of an Indian people living originally in North Carolina and later, after their admission into the Iroquois confederacy, in New York.
- an Iroquoian language, the language of the Tuscarora people.
Tuscarora
/ ˌtʌskəˈrɔːrə /
noun
- -ras-ra a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in North Carolina, who later moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois
- the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family
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Their totem was that of the serpent, and their name is not altogether unlike the Tuscarora name of this animal usquauhne.
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Lederer travelled with a Tuscarora (Iroquois) interpreter, who gave them their name in his own tongue.
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Captain Sanglier here and Arrowhead, this brave Tuscarora, have both informed me that this unfortunate boy is the traitor.
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"The Tuscarora was as venemous in his blow as a rattler, though he failed to give the warning," continued Pathfinder.
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The Tuscarora, not the Mohawk, was the tribe migrating from the South.
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