Klamath
1a member of an American Indian people belonging to the Lutuamian group and located in southern Oregon.
Other definitions for Klamath (2 of 2)
a river flowing from SW Oregon through NW California into the Pacific. 250 miles (405 km) long.
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How to use Klamath in a sentence
All but one of these Klamaths stole away after they had looked into its circular basin and sheer walls.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete | Charles M. SkinnerThe Delawares, we had four with us, were sleeping at that fire, and they sprang up as the Klamaths charged them.
Christopher Carson | John S. C. AbbottThe Modocs were originally part of the Klamaths, but recently hostile to them.
Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians | W. H. JacksonThe Klamaths did not like the introduction of the Modocs on their reservation, and it eventually led to the Modoc war.
Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians | W. H. JacksonThe followers of the La-la-cas have since been termed Klamaths.
Wigwam and War-path; Or the Royal Chief in Chains | A. B. (Alfred Benjamin) Meacham
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