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 and the boy must have been inside the wickiup all the time he was sitting out here, and the boy was about to burst.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert

Looking past him, she saw in the doorway of the wickiup the small form of Eagle Feather, staring at them.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert

"If Redbird does not welcome you into this wickiup I share with her and Eagle Feather, I cannot invite you inside."

From Shaman by Shea, Robert