In the evening he buried the missionary and his family on a little island, then drove downstream, black rage in his soul, and a sense of his impotence, for you cannot fight a nation with twenty Houssa policemen.
Clear of the danger, he tied up to a little island in mid-stream just as the dawn spread greyly, and hustled his two prisoners ashore.
Sanders thought of the three new graves on a little island.
And his Indians which were in the canoes, discouered where the Cacique of Pacaha was in a little Island, situated betweene two armes of the River.
The best place to harborough ships therein is on the South part of a little Island that is ouer against the said hauen, whereby the bancke or shore of the Island riseth.
He sat with his eyes bent upon the floor, and his mind was thousands of miles away across the broad Pacific upon a little island in the midst of a turbulent stream.
Follow down the river till you come to a little island--it should be the first one from where you strike the river.
He saw a turbulent river tumbling through a savage world, and in the swirl of the water lay a little island.
When Columbus discovered Guanahani, the journal called it a "little island.
That it is a little island, lying east and west, is in its favor.
All along the eastern shore there is moving sand; and here there is a point some half a league from the above mentioned river, [232] extending out half a league, and on the western shore there is a little island.
Some three leagues from there, is a sandy point, [240] extending out about a league, at the end of which is a little island.
Finding that we could not proceed, we came to anchor on the northern shore, opposite a little island, which abounds in most of the fruits before mentioned.
In the meantime, we came to an anchor under a little island in the latitude of 23 degrees 28 minutes, being just under the northern tropic, and about twenty leagues from the island.
Just below the falls is a little island, Inis-Saimer, said to be the spot where the Firbolgs, the earliest inhabitants of Ireland, first touched foot to Irish soil.
It is a little island, and that it is an island is evidence of a contracted life, though, in this case, a life which has real power and force.
Here he was penned up in a little island, chained to a criminal having the fame of a martyr.
They drifted about for many days, until at length they reached my little island.
By the way, the very reefs that made those seas so dangerous served completely to protect my little island in stormy weather.
When I did eventually return to my little island, I unravelled a piece of rope, and then tried to produce fire by rubbing two pieces of wood smartly together amidst the inflammable material.
There is a little island of the Outer Hebrides called Innis Chailleachan Dhubh--the isle of the black old women; and a legend has grown up that witches once dwelt here and brewed storms and evil spells.
We anchored near a little island, [153] and sent our canoe with knives and cakes for the savages.
Being somewhat distant from our ship, it was beyond our power to reach it, and still less to reach our vessel; for the tide was so strong that we were compelled to put in at a little island to pass the night, where there was much game.
And others said: "He can hardly be on such a little island.
Some kayaks lay drying on a little island; they were those of men who had just lost their lives when out in their kayaks.
And when they had rowed a little way, they came to a little island, and pitched their tent on the sunny side.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little island" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
