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The Pawnee Indians were an American indian tribe. For a long time they were inhabitants of Nebraska on the Platte and were always friendly to the White Americans. By a treaty in 1833 they sold lands south of the Nebraska. They were afterward attacked by the Sioux and their lands devastated. In 1857 they sold more of their lands, but the American Government did not protect them from further ravages by the Sioux.
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Stephen C Rowan was an American sailor. He was born in 1808 at Ireland and died in 1890. Emigrating from Ireland to America, he entered the US navy in 1826. He assisted in the capture of Monterey and San Diego in 1846 during the Mexican War, and commanded a naval brigade under Commodore Robert Stockton at San Gabriel and La Mesa. In the American Civil War he commanded the Pawnee at Acquia Creek and Hatteras. He commanded tlie fleet in the attack on Roanoke Island in 1863, fought at New Berne and captured Fort Macon. He commanded The New Ironsides off Charleston from 1862 to 1864. He became superintendent of the Naval Observatory in 1882.
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Irish McCalla was an American actress. She was born in 1929 at Pawnee City, Nebraska and died in 2002. She is best known for her starring role in the 1950's television series 'Sheena: Queen of The Jungle'.
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In Pawnee mythology, Chahuru is the spirit of water.
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In Pawnee mythology, Chixu are the spirits of the dead.
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In Pawnee mythology, Hoturu is the wind spirit.
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In Pawnee mythology, Tirawa created the world in the shape of a bowl floating in space. He gave the stars the task of supporting the world and protecting it. He ordered the Moon and Sun to mate and produce a son and he ordered the Evening and Morning stars to mate and produce a daughter, these became the parents of the human race.
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The Piper PA-25 Pawnee is an American single-seater agricultural aircraft developed at the Piper Vero Beach Development Center in Florida as a specialised agricultural aircraft for the dispersal of chemical dusts and sprays. The Piper PA-25 is a braced low-wing monoplane powered by a Lycoming O-320 four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine.
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Pawnee is a cultivated variety of potato.
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Ash Valley is a township in Pawnee County, Kansas, USA.
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