Word: wigwam
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Alleging that white men had made new regulations for Indians in British Columbia, most westerly Canadian province, a powwow of 31 Chiefs at Shuswap sent Chief William Pierrish, Basil David and Johnnie Chillichitsa to lodge a protest with "the grand Chief whose wigwam is Buckingham Palace." Last week they arrived in London and set about securing an audience with "the biggest Chief of all." The Duke of York signified his "sincere pleasure and grateful thanks" by accepting invitations to become the Honorary President of the Yorktown World Forum,* Yorktown Country Club and the Yorktown Historical Society. The acceptance of these...
...tell 'em, kid". Washington crossing the Delaware huddled in the stern-sheets of a Chesapeake sharpy, hardly cuts as magnificent a figure as he does in the famous painting of that name, nor can we help suspecting that John Smith discovered by a jealous red skin in the wigwam (if it was a wigwam) of Pocahontias will produce far more excitement than the surrender at Appamaiox...
...times of rare loveliness. The sprightly opening scenes take us to the old French colony of Nova Scotia, with the spinning wheel and the quaint costumes of Acadian peasants. The soft sylvan scene representing a shore of the southern Mississippi has peculiar charm, and the weirdness of the Indian wigwam and the trapper's hut in the wilds of northern Michigan brings to us again the attractiveness of some old-time plays. In the latter part of the play there is little relief from the sadness of a sorrowful tale, but the sentiment is strong hearted and healthy, the language...
...junior members of the two sophomore debating clubs, the Wigwam and the Wranglers, have given a handsome cup to be competed for each year by teams representing the two clubs. The first of these annual debates was held on Thursday evening and was most successful. The Wranglers won. The annual Sophomore Public Speaking Contest was held the same evening, and was won by R. M. Byrnes...
Arthur Packer McKinstry, '05, prepared at the Worcester High School. He was president of the Freshman Union, a member of the freshman debating team, three years ago, and in his sophomore year a member of the Wigwam. Last year he was on the victorious inter-department team and alternate on the university debating team against Harvard. He is vice-president of the Yale Union at present...