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Braddock
(Encyclopedia) Braddock, borough (2020 pop. 2,089), Allegheny co., W Pa., an industrial suburb of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River; settled 1742,…tom-tom
(Encyclopedia) tom-tom, name popularly applied to high-pitched hand drums, usually barrel-shaped and having either one or two drumheads of skin. They are tunable to specific pitches. Supposedly of…Uto-Aztecan
(Encyclopedia) Uto-AztecanUto-Aztecany&oomacr;ˈtō-ăztĕkˈən [key], branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock. The languages belonging to this stock are spoken in North and Central America. See…Yáñez, Agustín
(Encyclopedia) Yáñez, AgustínYáñez, Agustínäg&oomacr;stēnˈ yäˈnyās [key], 1904–80, Mexican novelist and critic. Yáñez's writings include works about Native American myths and the Spanish colonial…Beaver Falls
(Encyclopedia) Beaver Falls, city (2020 pop. 8,232), Beaver co., W Pa., on falls of the Beaver River near its junction with the Ohio; settled c.1793,…Bent, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Bent, Charles, 1799–1847, American frontiersman, b. St. Louis. He entered the fur trade of the Missouri River and became one of the mountain men. His interests turned to the Southwest…Ashmun, Jehudi
(Encyclopedia) Ashmun, Jehudi, 1794–1828, U.S. agent to Liberia, b. Champlain, N.Y. After entering the Congregationalist ministry and spending a few years in teaching and editorial work, he was sent…Brantford
(Encyclopedia) Brantford, city, S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River. It is a leading manufacturing city, noted particularly for its large farm implement…Chipewyan
(Encyclopedia) ChipewyanChipewyanchĭpˌəwīˈən [key], Native North Americans of the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see also Native American languages). Formerly the largest of the…Delaware Prophet
(Encyclopedia) Delaware ProphetDelaware Prophetdĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], fl. 18th cent., Native American leader. His real name is not known. He began preaching (c.1762) among the Delaware of the…Trending
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