A male Indian.

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1860.  The bucks became lively, and shouted, hallooed, and whooped, as if mad.—T. H. Hittell, ‘Adventures of J. C. Adams,’ p. 108 (S.F.).

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1878.  We found another party of Pueblos on a general spree. One able-bodied “buck” was staggering along the street, his wife after him and occasionally thwacking him on the head or back with the butt end of a heavy whip, while the whole Mexican population looked on laughing and cheering.—J. H. Beadle, ‘Western Wilds, p. 242.

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