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Example sentences for "great chief"

  • The Raven is a great chief; he has spoken wisely.

  • The Raven is a great chief,' she said proudly; 'he has done well.

  • There was still a profound silence, and then he continued: 'The Raven is a great chief, and he will tell them what to do.

  • Gizur the White kept house at Mossfell, and was a great chief.

  • Mord answered, "I know that thou art a great chief, but thy brother is unknown to me.

  • He was the fairest in face of all men, tall and strong, and there was the making of a great chief in him.

  • Yet, O Great Chief, the head of my father's house, I would ask a boon.

  • This, O Great Chief of my father's house," replied the warrior, the light of battle springing into his eyes.

  • Give him to us, Great Chief, that we may make him die a hundred deaths!

  • After King Harald Gille's death Queen Ingerid married Ottar Birting, who was a lendermen and a great chief, and of a Throndhjem family, who strengthened King Inge's government much while he was in his childhood.

  • Kalf became a great chief, and was a man of very great understanding.

  • Then the turtle said: ‘Oh, Great Chief, thy work is good, but the horse has no hoofs.

  • Then the fir tree said: ‘Oh, Great Chief, thy work is good.

  • And the pine tree said: ‘Oh, Great Chief, thy work is good.

  • Their horror was explained by a tradition that once on a time a great chief of the tribe had been out fishing with his people, when a gigantic sting ray upset their canoes and gobbled them all up.

  • The death of a king or great chief in former days was the occasion for the observance of some singular ceremonies and customs.

  • Temples such as have been described were erected on all important occasions, such as a war, a decisive victory, or the installation of a great chief or king of a whole island.

  • My brothers, White Otter is a great chief," said Running Crow.

  • He, too, longed to shout, and sing, and dance and make fierce threats against his foes, but he realised that it was not the part of a great chief to yield to his emotions.

  • Yes, yes, I know that White Otter is a great chief," said Ghost Bear.

  • Great chief of the Ogalalas, I have listened to your words," said Standing Bull.

  • He felt that it was no small thing to be a great chief, and to be compelled to decide questions of such importance.

  • The Apaches are warriors, and Many Bears is a great chief.

  • Mother Dolores was already busy at the nearest camp-fire, for she had not allowed the great chief to ride away without a nice bit of something to eat.

  • Flying Eagle does not desert his friends," she said; "he is a great chief.

  • My brother is a great Chief," he replied to the Indian's words.

  • Red Wolf is a great Chief," Brighteye replied; "I am pleased at the kindly feeling he experiences towards me.

  • After a lengthy conversation, the Governor said: "You know, great chief, that the mighty father of the white men in Washington has decreed that these lands which we have purchased from the Miamis be surveyed.

  • My Friends,--We have heard that your chief is a woman, and we know that she must be a great chief, or your country would not be so rich and so happy.

  • Great Father, when the Indians have anything to say to a great chief, they are in the habit of making some present before they begin.

  • That white man was a great chief, who wore a red coat.

  • You must stay and live with me and I shall make you a great chief.

  • After that I must win my way back until I am a great chief, like my father was before me.

  • In his hair he wore the eagle's feathers, for he was a great chief.

  • I heard that there was a great chief on the Wabash, and sent a party to get his advice.

  • My son is a great chief; my sister deceives him, and makes him subservient to her vengeance.

  • No one who has lived at Fort Snelling can ever forget him, for at what house has he not called to shake hands and smoke; to say that he is a great chief, and that he is hungry and must eat before he starts for home?

  • To escort you home" was the ready reply; "you are a great chief, and worthy of being honored, and we have chosen this as the best way of showing our respect and admiration of you.


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