资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, n. pl.; sing. {Pawnee}. (Ethnol.)
   A tribe of Indians (called also {Loups}) who formerly
   occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly
   in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider
   sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and
   Wichitas. Called also {Pani}.