Puyallup

[ pyoo-al-uh p ]

/ pyuˈæl əp /

a member of a Salishan-speaking North American Indian tribe living in the Puget Sound area of Washington.

Definition for puyallup (2 of 2)

Puyallup ²

[ pyoo-al-uh p ]

/ pyuˈæl əp /

a city in W Washington, SE of Tacoma.

A strong military force had penetrated the Indian country—the upper Puyallup valley and beyond.

Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail |Ezra Meeker
Again we must start in life, and we moved to a new location, a homestead in the Puyallup valley.

Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail |Ezra Meeker
On the 22d, their route lay along the banks of the Upthascap, which is a much wider stream than the Puyallup.

Mount Rainier |Various
My first camp for the return journey over the old trail was made in my own dooryard at Puyallup.

Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail |Ezra Meeker

Towards evening Mr. Swan arrived with twenty-nine Indians of the Puyallup tribe, and reported twenty more on the way.

The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2) |Hazard Stevens