Yankton

[ yangk-tuh n ]

/ ˈyæŋk tən /

a member of one of two tribes of Dakota Indian people who inhabited the northern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries. Compare Yanktonai.

a town in SE South Dakota.

Example sentences from the Web for yankton

The commissioners had satisfied the law, having met, organized, and adjourned in Yankton.

North Dakota |Various
Reaching Springfield—twelve miles below—before breakfast, in the evening we lifted Yankton out of a cloud of flying sand.

The River and I |John G. Neihardt
That afternoon we were successful in landing a job out on Brown's ranch, a distance of fifty miles from Yankton.

Wanderlust |Robert R. (Robert Rice) Reynolds
Its population was sometimes increased by visitors from the large Ponca Village, and from a Yankton village not far away.

Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army |Augustus Meyers

That trotting-cow man at Yankton ought to come up here and show Henderson a little speed.

The Voyage of the Rattletrap |Hayden Carruth