Pawnees

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, prop. n. pl.; sing. {Pawnee}. (Ethnol.)
     A tribe of Indians (called also {Loups}) who formerly
     occupied the region of the Platte river, but now (1890) live
     mostly in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The term is often
     used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of
     Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also {Pani}.


     [1913 Webster] Pawner