Meanings of painted indian in English

Fallen Star, his boy Long Nose and three painted indian ponies appeared out from a cluster of cottonwoods to meet him.

The brick-and-stone court-house and jail and brightly painted Indian council-house and cottages rose in strong contrast against the green forest.

It never invades cultivated fields, but hovers about the borders and looks over the fences like a painted Indian sachem.

Five painted Indian warriors were seen standing around what seemed to be a dancing bear, who was gesticulating with his fore paws.

"Cherries-in-the-mouth," a somewhat aged and highly- painted Indian, was very much taken with one of the missionaries.

One day as I was alone sitting at my table writing, the door of my room opened and a hideously painted Indian came in.

Then she took her water-color paints, mixed them with Chinese white to form a strong body color, and painted Indian patterns on both garments.

There was a man of the Wichitas, a painted Indian called Ysopete, who told them from the beginning that the Turk lied about the gold.