English to afrikaans meaning of

a Sagamore is 'n inheemse Amerikaanse opperhoof of leier van 'n konfederasie van stamme, veral onder die Algonquian-volke. In koloniale Nieu-Engeland is die term ook gebruik om na 'n mindere hoofman of hoofman van 'n stam of groep Indiane te verwys.

Synonyms

  1. sachem

Sentence Examples

  1. The eyes of the Sagamore moved warily from islet to islet, and copse to copse, as the canoe proceeded and, when a clearer sheet of water permitted, his keen vision was bent along the bald rocks and impending forests that frowned upon the narrow strait.
  2. Sagamore, you will take the hillside, to the right Uncas will bend along the brook to the left, while I will try the trail.
  3. Look at the Sagamore, how like a grand Indian chief he sits by the fire.
  4. Then the Sagamore, as the oldest and highest in rank, in a few calm and dignified words, proposed the subject for deliberation.
  5. Do you think the Sagamore, or Uncas, or even I, who am a man without a cross, would deliberate about finding a cover in the scrimmage, when an open body would do no good?
  6. The Sagamore is of the high blood of the Delawares, and is the great chief of their Tortoises!
  7. Though love for the soil which had belonged to his ancestors kept the Sagamore of the Mohicans with a small band of followers who were serving at Edward, under the banners of the English king, by far the largest portion of his nation were known to be in the field as allies of Montcalm.
  8. After we parted I placed the commandant and the Sagamore in an old beaver lodge, where they are safer from the Hurons than they would be in the garrison of Edward for your high north-west Indians, not having as yet got the traders among them, continued to venerate the beaver.
  9. A few large drops of blood were trickling down the shoulder of the Sagamore, who, when he perceived that the eyes of Uncas dwelt too long on the sight, raised some water in the hollow of his hand, and washing off the stain, was content to manifest, in this simple manner, the slightness of the injury.
  10. While under the influence of these gentle and natural feelings, no trace of ferocity was to be seen in the softened features of the Sagamore.