wickiup

Example Sentences

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Giving up corporation law in New York for a squalid miner's wickiup, Matt Devlin soon stops digging and turns to honest usury instead, buying out the claims of desperate miners.

From Time Magazine Archive

Honorary chairman was none other than Vice President Charles Curtis, whose grandmother was a Kaw and who shows his interest in Indian art by decorating his imposing office with beaded moccasins and a tribal wickiup.

From Time Magazine Archive

She gathered up some twigs, brought them into the wickiup and added them to the fire.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert

Her teeth and eyes gleamed in the faint light within the wickiup.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert

What right had he to go on a spirit journey leaving his body to haunt her wickiup?

From Shaman by Shea, Robert