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Proponents of the name acknowledged that the Cleveland Spiders of the National League had sometimes been informally called the " Indians " during Sockalexis ' short career there, a fact which merely reinforced the new name.
The Indians have a rivalry with the Detroit Tigers due to the fact that the two cities are fairly close to each other, the teams have been battling for the A. L.
This traditional name continues as the standard in the United States, although it obscures the fact that Indians fought on both sides of the conflict.
In fact, the Angels traded him to the Cleveland Indians midway through the 1974 season due to his open campaigning for the manager's job.
It was not possible for any non-Indian to own land on reservations, a fact which limited the value of the land to the Indians ( It reduced the market for it ).
In 1780, Serra wrote: " that spiritual fathers should punish their sons, the Indians, with blows appears to be as old as the conquest of the Americas ; so general in fact that the saints do not seem to be any exception to the rule.
: The 2008 film The Burrowers is a recent example of the genre: a posse sets out to look for a band of Indians believed to have abducted several white women, only to discover that what they are hunting may not be human and that they in fact may be the prey.
The fact remains that probably all the stories about his death are apocryphal, since none of Valdivia's party survived the battle, and the only witnesses that could be found were Indians that were captured in subsequent battles.
There are often incongruities based on the fact that the stuntman is an American and the girl Persian -- the stuntman's voiceover refers to " Indians ," “ a squaw ” and “ a teepee ,” but the visuals show a Bollywood-style devi and a Taj Mahal-like castle.
During the Second Seminole War an army surgeon wrote, " It is in fact a most hideous region to live in, a perfect paradise for Indians, alligators, serpents, frogs, and every other kind of loathsome reptile.
The Navajo Indians occupy the northern part of the county-in fact, occupy much of the remainder of the county, as they refuse to remain on their reservation, preferring to drive their sheep and cattle on lands outside their reservation, where the grazing is better.
All lands that would become Gordon County were originally occupied by the Cherokee Indians -- and, in fact, the area was home of New Echota, the last seat of the Cherokee Nation.
In fact, Uintah is named after the Weber Ute Band of Shoshone Indians which occupied the area at the time of white settlement.
This tradition is reinforced by the fact that the Illinois and Miami Indians called the lower Ohio and Wabash Rivers the Akansea River, because, as they told French explorers, the Akansea ( Quapaw ) formerly dwelt there.
The fact is that those Missions were controlled by Spanish Jesuits and considered dangerous by the Portuguese, after battles between the two groups, the Missions were destroyed and the Jesuits and most of the Christianized Indians moved to what today is north of Argentina.
India has always drawn readers from various walks of life and it has a good market of yearbooks ; not to mention its readers are still in some way less inclined to Digital Reading for the fact that a handful of Indians have access to Computer / Smart phones and even lesser a e-book reader like Amazon kindle that costs around Rs. 15000-25000.
It also led to charges in New England that Andros provided arms to Indians allied to King Philip ( as the Wampanoag leader Metacom was known to the English ); in fact, Andros provided gunpowder to Rhode Island that was used in the Great Swamp Fight against the Narragansetts in December 1675, and specifically outlawed the sale of munitions to tribes known to be allied to Philip.
The fact that people were allowed to hold dual nationalities meant there was a possibility that the Chinese and Indians would be loyal to their home country, rather than Malaya.
" Pac's companion, Cecilio Chi added in 1849, that promises made by the rebel Santiago Imán, that he was " liberating the Indians from the payment of contributions " as a reason for resisting the central government, but in fact he continued levying them.
Some still say, however, that Theophilus simply traded thirteen coats to the local Indians for seven townships of land ; but what is a fact is that in the following December of 1638 he and his company did also purchase the usage of a large area of land from Monotowese, son of the sachem at Mattabeseck, which was 10 miles in length and 13 in breadth.
This change paid homage to the fact that ISU was the " State " university of a state named after Indians ( prior to statehood Indiana was primarily inhabited by Indians ).
One of the Indians who had stayed behind to guard the camp ran to the battle scene and began alerting the Indians to the fact their camps were being raided.
Believing to have in fact reached India, he named the natives " Indians ".

fact and halted
Hédouville was in fact sent in pursuit, but he halted when he came to a broken bridge.
While the aim was to produce a series to distribute to the entirety of Latin America, the company halted production after six months due to unforeseen production difficulties ( At the time, Mexican television programming was scarce and often improvised, unlike the American-influenced Cuban market, apart from the fact that Mexican broadcasters weren't interested in foreign production ) and market considerations ( Until 1960, most South American countries did not have television services or supermarkets — by 1953, the only ones in the region were located in Havana -).
When he is defeated, Arcee nearly executes him, only halted by the fact Bumblebee was watching.
Even though the Bzura campaign ended in defeat for the Poles, its strategic importance lay in the fact that because of initial Polish local victories the German advance on Warsaw was halted for several days, and the Wehrmacht was required to divert units from its push towards Warsaw.
In fact, trading of company stock was halted on the New York Stock Exchange one day as it tumbled down over 75 % and eventually stopped at less than $ 2 a share.
Logistical difficulties arose from the fact the two series are usually produced 120 miles apart, and work on both shows had to be halted for two weeks to release a number of cast members to appear in the special.
"; the interview was abruptly halted when the reporter was informed by her producers that Walsh had in fact died on July 30, 2007.
In fact, many people were so convinced of the reality of his shows that police temporarily halted the proceedings, believing that Robertson had the power to bring Louis XVI back to life.
), most of the 30 halted projects resumed their construction, reportedly having passed the environmental assessment, the fact that these key projects ' construction was ever suspended was notable.

fact and survey
Critics pointed out that a precedent had been set in the naming of einsteinium during Albert Einstein's life and a survey indicated that chemists were not concerned with the fact that Seaborg was still alive.
A recent survey conducted by the Foreign Policy Research Institute ’ s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program underscores the significance of this effort and documents the fact that most of the think tanks in these regions have been established in the last 10 years.
In a 2006 survey the people of Boston were labelled as being the fattest in the country .< ref >< http :// www. timesonline. co. uk / tol / news / uk / article601137. ece ></ ref > Another report, cited in " The Sun " in 2008, highlighted the fact that Boston has the highest number of immigrants per capita of any town in Britain ( an estimated 1 / 4 of the population are immigrants ).
In fact, according to a 1947 C. E. Hooper survey, 82 out of 100 Americans were found to be radio listeners.
An 1853 US government survey declared that the contested area was in fact government property and could be acquired by private citizens.
The settlers believed the town to be located in Utah until a survey in 1872 showed that it was in fact in Idaho.
In fact, it is among the unpublished records of the boundary survey, that he indulged in the flowing bowl to such an extent as not only to hinder the work, but also to cause him at times to be the reverse of amiable in his manners.
Meridian Township takes its name from the fact that the Michigan Meridian, the prime north-south survey line, comprises the eastern border of the township.
As a result of these factors, CFNY frequently promotes itself as one of the most listened-to radio stations in the world — the station did, in fact, rank tenth in a 2002 Arbitron survey of the world's most listened-to Internet radio streams.
The survey also confirmed earlier theories that the Milky Way galaxy was in fact being pulled towards a much more massive cluster of galaxies near the Shapley Supercluster which lies beyond the Great Attractor.
More than one online survey incorrectly lists the game pitched by the Los Angeles Dodgers ' Bill Singer against the Phillies on July 20, 1970, as perfect aside from two throwing errors by Singer ; in fact, he also hit batter Oscar Gamble in the first inning.
Some countries have used a three-year average in recognition of the fact that household survey estimates are of poor quality.
Peterborough United are considered to be their current main rivals, something that was recognised in a survey by the Football Fans Census as a reciprocated feeling, despite the fact the two clubs have experienced a number of seasons divisions apart.
According to the same linguistic survey, the dialect is flourishing in the areas where it is spoken, despite the fact that most speakers are also fluent in German.
It is also difficult to image slender structures due to the fact that long-wavelengths are easier to recover in such a survey.
Finding support in this position from two other justices ( William J. Brennan and William O. Douglas ), Goldberg published an opinion dissenting from the Court's denial of certiorari in a case, Rudolph v. Alabama, involving the imposition of the death penalty for rape, in which Goldberg cited the fact that only five nations responding to a UN survey indicated that they allowed imposition of the death penalty for rape, including the U. S., and that 33 states in the U. S. had outlawed the practice.
In fact, sexual attraction was the most frequent response in a survey conducted among a group of 574 college and high school participants, where the participants were asked what they found most appealing about vampires and vampire literature.
USM vice-chancellor Prof Tan Sri Dato ' Dzulkifli Abdul Razak said that the addition of new criteria such as the employer survey could have contributed to the sharp drop in the university's integrity: " Our poor standing could also be attributed to the fact that we are a relatively young university compared to UM which is 100 years old.
In fact, a 2006 survey found that trapping as a solution to beaver problems had a 79 % failure rate within two years due to re-settlement by new beavers.
In 2007, the Munro Society commissioned CMCR Ltd to survey Beinn Dearg in order to ascertain the precise height of the summit, and determine whether it might in fact be correctly categorised as a Munro.
In fact, a 1992 survey found that the birth rate had fallen to replacement level.
In fact a survey by its rival found that more people agreed with a statement that " TVW fulfilled their viewing needs, and it would be a matter of indifference to them if the new station were to cease transmissions ".
In fact, in an Associated Press survey, in 2001, 77 percent of senators and 63 percent of the House Members responded in favor of abandoning the electric chair in favor of lethal injections.
The name derives from the fact that the survey instrument covers an area of approximately two square degrees.

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