Among them was an Indian Cacique of the Chonos tribe, who live in the neighbourhood of Chiloe.
But the cacique with the coronal asked intelligent questions.
It had been given to him by a cacique who lived on the great water.
Arana spoke vigorously, pointing out to thecacique all the kindliness that had attended our first intercourse.
Guarico did not use bow and arrow, but a Carib cacique knew them, and had so many, and also lances flint or bone-headed, and clubs with stones wedged in them and stone knives.
There came to us singing a great canoe and in it a plumed cacique with his wife and daughters.
The cacique possessed a piece the size of a ducat, suspended by a string of cotton.
We applied ourselves to cacique and butio, but we found no Grand Seigneur.
Other canoes gave way for it, and the Indians already upon the Santa Maria exclaimed that it was the boat of the cacique, though not the cacique but his brother sat in it.
It had reached him from up the river that Caonabo was making pact with the cacique of Marien and that the two meant to proceed against us.
Without the room, I asked the cacique about Guarin.
It was now well on in the afternoon, but he would go with the Mighty Stranger, the Great Cacique his friend, to see the ships and all the wonders.
Removing it, the cacique laid it in the god's hand.
Again, these did not ravish, though the cacique and his family and the rowers regarded with interest such strange matters.
He advised the cacique of Guarico to surprise them while they slept and slay them.
But no cacique nor priest nor any knew when the gods had come.
The office of the cacique is in essence religious; but as religion is interwoven with the entire life of the Pueblos, he is in a sense a civil official as well.
When any improper intercourse among them is detected, the parties are immediately carried to the council, and the cacique intimates to them that they must be wedded forthwith.
The office is for life, unless terminated by improper behavior, when the caciquemay be deposed.
The cacique was seated on cushions on a raised platform, with his chiefs in a circle around him; an umbrella of buckskin, stained red and white, was held over him.
The cacique Miculasa received Soto graciously, and the Spanish commander won him by sending part of his force to attack Sacchuma, a hostile town.
The adelantado persisted; and riding in with seven or eight of his guard and four horsemen, sat down with the cacique and the chief of Tastaluza, whom, according to custom, he had brought to this place.
The people gradually returned, and the cacique received Soto in friendly guise, giving him his two sisters as wives.
They passed from cacique to cacique, some of whom groaned under the yoke of the Aztec; but not one dared do more than orders from Montezuma dictated.
His efforts, individually and through his lieutenants, to gain the native chiefs had been to some extent successful; Saturiba was the only cacique who held aloof.
After the usual interchange of gifts, Cortés sent word to the cacique that he would soon confer with him.
His search was fruitless; but he established friendly relations with the cacique Carlos, and rescued several Spanish prisoners from that cruel chief, who annually sacrificed one of them.
The caciqueat last yielded, and came weeping with great sobs to make his submission.
He had not been long in their neighbourhood, before a deputation of the natives, with their cacique at their head, crossed over in their balsas to the main land to welcome the Spaniards to their residence.
When he learned this, the captain at once set out with the Spaniards to aid [the garrison], taking with him a brother of the caciqueand four thousand warriors.
At the same time the Governor wrote to the lieutenant and corregidor of Cuzco that he should aid the captains of the cacique and see to it that the warriors came soon.
The cacique pretended to feel great heaviness because of his death, and the Governor himself regretted it because he liked him, and because he was very useful to the Christians.
When the season in which the rains ceased arrived, the Governor had the fifty cavalrymen, the cacique the men he had and make ready.
The Governor once more charged the cacique to cause more warriors to be assembled, and he himself wished to send with them some of his cavalry in order that they might not desist until they had driven the enemy from the land.
The cacique said that he had sent his soldiers after the enemy, and that he thought they would do them some damage; and accordingly within four days news came that they had killed a thousand Indians.
So soon as it became known that a wounded Tezcucan cacique had escaped from Maxtla's army, and found his way to the little town, everybody became interested, and nothing was too good with which to provide him.
So jealous was I in guarding the strange legacy that the Cacique had bequeathed to me that not until I was safe back in Morelia, in my room at the hotel, with the door locked behind me, did I venture to examine it.
That old Fray Francisco had his eye shut up by th' tall talk of th' fellow who pretended to be converted; and th' Cacique just promiscuously lied.
I perceived in what theCacique said that there was hope for me.
I opened the snake-skin bag that I had taken from the breast of the dead Cacique and drew forth its precious contents.
But that the gold disk was the token concerning the meaning of which the dying Cacique had given so strange a hint, I felt assured.
To my mind this picture tallied well with what the dying Cacique had told me touching the hidden stronghold of his race.
As we consulted together we had spread out before us a map of Mexico, and with this the map that the Cacique had given me, and a copy of the map showing the great Aztec march.
It is generally the grand cacique who fixes the date and duration of the festival.
The war with the Cacique Hatuey was short and was confined to the most eastern part of the island.
Juan de Esquivel (1502) became the guatiao of the cacique Cotubanama; and thenceforth the latter called himself Juan de Esquivel, for among the Indians the exchange of names was a bond of perpetual friendship.
Both these basins had auriferous sands; but on the banks of the Cassipa was situate Macureguarai (Margureguaira), the capital of the cacique of Aromaja, and the first city of the imaginary empire of Guyana.
Alonzo de Ojeda succeeded, by a brilliant coup de main, in capturing the Cacique Caonabo, and the rest submitted.
The name of cacique is certainly a high title amongst the Abipones, but it is more a burden than an honour, and often brings with it greater danger than profit.
Some hundreds of the last-mentioned savages fell suddenly upon Alaykin, cacique of the Abipones, about day-break as he was drinking in a distant plain with a troop of his followers.
Whenever a cacique determines upon undertaking an excursion, a public drinking-party is appointed.
But to say the truth, the cacique elected by the Abipones has no cause for pride, nor he that is rejected for grief and envy.
If a Cacique dies, they put all the physicians to death, that they may not fly elsewhere.
The Cacique Alaykin affirmed to me, that persons blown upon by their breath fell to the ground, as if struck with thunder.
An old woman, wife of the chief Cacique Alaykin, has frequently got the horse ready and saddled it, in my presence, for a Negro captive of her's.
The old mother of the Cacique was extremely fond of a lank, scraggy dog, unworthy of the very air it breathed.
I began a conversation with the Cacique Ychoalay, the most intelligent of all the Abipones I have been acquainted with, as well as the most famous in war.
The cacique had been accustomed to increase his wealth by buying from the wilder tribes the celebrated Peruvian bark.
I at once repaired there, in the hopes of finding Ned; but the cacique who had command of it received me very coldly, and informed me that the services of my countryman were no longer required, and that he could not tell where he was.
Their appearance was very picturesque, from the variety of their costumes, and the numberless banners under which each cacique had mustered his followers.
Pedro, Ned, and I were invited by the cacique to accompany him.
I am one who would not be guilty of a falsehood to save my life," answered the Indian proudly; "I am the cousin of the Cacique Tupac Amaru, the rightful heir of the last Inca of Peru.
At a little distance off was a village of Indian huts, mostly small; but some were of larger size, in which the cacique and some of the chief men resided.
The cacique simply stated where he had found us, and replied that we could answer for ourselves.
Had the cacique escaped, he would have returned ere this.
Manco sent on a messenger to give notice of our approach, and to crave the hospitality of the cacique and his family.
One version of the story tells that an Inca ruler, the great Cacique Mansiche, had observed with particular attention the kindness of a young Spaniard toward the people of the conquered race.
But the Cacique assured his young friend that it was only the little fish, that a much greater treasure existed, worth many times the value of this one.
Except that we do know that Mansiche was the great Caciqueor ruler of northern Peru.
Then the skill of the soldiers, together with the appearance of the cannons and horses, startled the Cacique the more, and he now showed a disposition to be very friendly.
He therefore dismissed them, thanking the Cacique for his kindness, and promising that he would soon come and see him.
She was a female of high rank among her countrymen--the daughter of a cacique or prince, who held his dominions subject to the Emperor of Mexico.
It seems that the Cacique of Chempoalla had a bitter feeling towards these people, because (as he said) of certain outrages committed by the garrison there, and he urged Cortes to march against their town.
The cacique Hatuey opposed his landing, and afterwards gave him some trouble, but with his three hundred men he was soon master of the island, and established several colonies, the principal one being at St. Jago.
The Cacique came forward with his principal men, all dressed in rich mantles of fine cotton, adorned with gold, and Cortes at once embraced him.
The meeting was very friendly between the Cacique and the Spanish chief.
In a short time, this party came in with their supplies, and presented themselves before Cortes as messengers from the Cacique of Chempoalla, with a warm invitation from the Cacique that the strangers would visit him.
Seeing the warriors gathered to oppose him, he seized the Cacique with his principal officers and the priests, and declared he would instantly kill them if any resistance was made.
The Caciquebegged him to do no violence, but the Indian warriors seeing his determination, seized their weapons for a struggle.
To enable his soldiers to meet these, he sent Tobilla to Chinantla to get from the Cacique three hundred of the long spears used by his warriors in battle.
Though it was yet early in autumn, we took the advice of our own cacique and set about at once preparing for the long winter that was before us.
There was more wild talk, much of it addressed by the northern cacique to Nadi, who answered never a word, but sat as still as a statue, the tears raining down over her face and falling on her baby's shoulders.
Is, then, our white caciqueto stay with us through the winter?
Never mind," said Peter; "if our good cacique would only say he would take me, I should be right glad to return with him another day.
Yes, play," Jill would add emphatically; "our cacique commands you.
But there is a caciqueor chief among the Ishmaelites?
Our cacique knew better than to encumber himself with many of these on the march.
It was disobeying the orders of our cacique to break away from the line of march, but in this particular case we could not well help it.
Yes; but a caciqueholds a kind of sinecure office.
They were no bigger than millet-seeds, but Jeeka shook his head when he saw them, pointed upwards, then around him, and said something to our cacique in Patagonian.
So our good cacique humoured him, hoping he would soon fall asleep.
Then the Indians of our party filed slowly past the others, Jeeka, with his wife riding beside him, exchanging glances of deadly hatred with the other cacique as he left him on his right hand.
Jeeka would have braved everything to oblige us, but cacique though he was, he could not go entirely against the wishes of his people.
The cacique of Bethlehem showed a friendly disposition, and pointed out a country fifteen miles inland, where he said the gold-mines were very rich.
An old cacique of the age of 110, who nevertheless could still walk ten miles without fatigue, came to see Raleigh, boasted to him of the formidable power of the Emperor of Manoa, and proved to him that his forces were insufficient.
The Cacique Guacanagari, notwithstanding the share he had had in the murder of the first colonists, alone remained faithful to the Spaniards.
There was not a cacique who had not some cause of complaint against the imperial despotism, and Cortès felt confirmed in the hope that so divided an empire would prove an easy prey.
When night fell, the cacique retired, highly delighted with his visit; and on his departure he was saluted with a salvo of artillery.
The cacique Guacanagari, quite understanding the dangerous situation of the caravel, came with his brothers and other relations, accompanied by a great number of the Indians, and helped in unlading the ship.
Next day another cacique arrived, offering to place all the treasures of his country at the service of the Spaniards.
Columbus, in despair, immediately despatched messengers to the Cacique Guacanagari; who, on their return brought sad news.
The cacique had been taken prisoner with all his family, but he succeeded with his children in escaping from custody, and took refuge in the mountains in company with a great number of his followers.
Although Pizarro had received some aid from Nicaragua, brought by Ferdinand de Soto, and although he had beheaded the cacique Tonalla and sixteen of the principal chiefs, he could not overcome their resistance.
Soon a great canoe, bringing the brother of the Cacique Guacanagari, came alongside of the Marie-Galante, and the Indian prince springing on board, offered two images of gold to the admiral.
Columbus did not believe in this intervention of the cacique, but, resolving to dissimulate, he welcomed Guacanagari kindly when he came on board the next day; the cacique accepted an image of the Virgin, suspending it on his bosom.
According to the laws of Hayti, the authority of a cacique was transmitted through females, and a son of Ozema was looked forward to, as the heir of his uncle.
To the surprise of our hero, he found the young cacique with his sister.
By dint of gestures, a few words, and such other means of explanation as were resorted to between the Spaniards and the natives, he now succeeded in ascertaining the real affinity which existed between the cacique and Ozema.
This warlike cacique was soon made acquainted with the state of affairs, and it was evident that the prowess of our hero struck him as much with admiration as with wonder.
The young cacique manifested neither jealousy nor disappointment at this result, while his sister laughed and clapped her hands with delight, when he was outdone, even at his own sports, by the greater strength or greater efforts of his guest.
Don Luis visited the Cacique Mattinao, and was present at an inroad of Caonabo, a celebrated Carib chief, who would fain have made a wife of her who now stands in this illustrious presence.
When he recovered his health, he frequently served the cacique as lieutenant in his expeditions, for the islanders are often at war one with another; and El Comendador was always victorious.
I have already spoken at length about this cacique in my first writings on Hispaniola and in my First Decade.
Here is one of our servants who was once the slave of the cacique who possesses such treasures of gold, and is the ruler beyond the mountains; there this man dragged out several years of a wretched existence.
The cacique Guamaretus had a zemes called Corochotus, which he had fixed in the highest part of his house.
The cacique advanced and amicably advised our men not to take water at that particular place, because it was of poor quality; he showed them close at hand another river of which the waters were more wholesome.
Summoning the cacique of that district, Careca, of whom the Spaniards had never had reason to complain, he haughtily and threateningly ordered him to furnish provisions for his men.
The cacique refused and begged to be allowed to live in his own fashion.
During this time the wretched colonists of Darien liberated the cacique of Coiba, Careca, and even agreed to serve as his allies during a campaign against the cacique called Poncha, who was a neighbour of Careca on the continent.
The cacique of the country along its banks was called Abibaiba.
He was seized and forced to confess that the cacique Zemaco, his master, had sent those four uru for the massacre of the Spaniards, and that the plot had been conceived by him.
Upon the request of the cacique he gave him the image of the Virgin, and consecrated a church and an altar to it.
Late in the year 1814 the region north of Lake Titicaca to and beyond Cuzco burst into insurrection under the lead of an Indian cacique and an indefatigable agitator of a priest named Munecas.
On Arpeika Island theCacique of the Caribs is said to have ruled centuries ago, until forced south out of Florida by the Seminoles.
There was no renewal of hostilities; the next day the local cacique came down offering provisions and help; presents were exchanged, and cordial relations established.
Guarionex, the cacique of the Vega Real, was by gifts and smooth words soothed back into a friendship which was consolidated by the marriage of his daughter with Columbus's native interpreter.
By June 3rd they were sailing along the coast again, and Columbus had some conversation with an old cacique who told him of a province called Mangon (or so Columbus understood him) that lay to the west.
There he had fallen in love with a female cacique and had made his home with her.
From Aromaia a cacique Putijma accompanied him towards Mount Iconuri, which contained a gold mine.
The cacique of this province had visited the Governor Don Ferdinando de Soto at Autiamque, whither he brought him presents of skins, and mantles, and salt.
The canoe wherein the cacique was, had a tilt over the stern, and he sat under the tilt; and so were other canoes of the principal Indians.
The Governor commanded to loose a greyhound, which was already fleshed on them, which passing by many other Indians, caught the counterfeit cacique which had escaped from the Christians, and held him till they came to take him.
He departed from thence the twentieth of August, to seek a province called Tascaluca; he carried with him the cacique of Coca.
It was known afterwards that they were determined to take the cacique of Coca from the Governor, if he had requested it.
The cacique and his two wives were in the lodging of the Governor loose, and the halberdiers of his guard did keep them.
The cacique went to his town, and came again with many Indians singing.
The cacique sent him answer again, that his lordship should loose and send them to him, and that he would come to visit and serve him.
He said, that the Cacique of Nondacao, his lord, had commanded him to guide them so because they were his enemies, and that he was to do as his lord commanded him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cacique" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
