Salteaux

/ ˈsəutəu /

noun

1. a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba

Word History and Origins

Origin of Salteaux¹

from Ojibwa

Example Sentences

Three or four years before, a party of Salteaux, much pressed for hunger, were anxious to reach one of their fishing stations, an island about twenty miles from the shore.

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After traversing the lake, they were hailed by the warriors of the Salteaux, a band of about a hundred, the fighting men of a tribe of five hundred.

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He knew well enough that as in any race a good, manly Cree or Salteaux was rather above the average white man in point of character.

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Some are called Crees, others Ojibways or Salteaux, and these are constantly at war with the Sioux to the south, chiefly found across the United States boundary.

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Frequently did the faithful missionary, who had also become much interested in him, have long conversations with him, giving him much assistance, as well as arranging for the comfort of the old Salteaux whom he had rescued from such a dreadful death.

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