Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Loups"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loups \Loups\, n. pl.; sing. {Loup}. [F., prop., a wolf.]
(Ethnol.)
The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose
principal totem was the wolf.
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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