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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pawnees  \Paw`nees"\,  n.  pl.;  sing.  {Pawnee}.  (Ethnol.) 
  A  tribe  of  Indians  (called  also  {Loups})  who  formerly 
  occupied  the  region  of  the  Platte  river,  but  now  live  mostly 
  in  the  Indian  Territory.  The  term  is  often  used  in  a  wider 
  sense  to  include  also  the  related  tribes  of  Rickarees  and 
  Wichitas.  Called  also  {Pani}. 




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