siwash

/sahy-wosh, -wawsh/US // ˈsaɪ wɒʃ, -wɔʃ //UK // (ˈsaɪwɒʃ) //

游泳,游泳圈,游泳馆,游泳场

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.

v.无主动词 verb

He glanced down the river and saw a long Siwash dugout sweep around the curve of the Big Bend.
I guess Siwash, for example, is a French word—probably it was originally sauvage, meaning savage.
Like the ancient Greeks, the Siwash of the Northwest invest the unseen world with spiritual intelligence.
As for the Siwash village on the other side of Sitka, it is a Siwash village over again.
But when a Siwash quits eating fish it is generally because there is no more fish to eat.