What is "chieftains"

Usage examples of "chieftains".

There were no traditions about the deposing of chieftains, or what to do with a deposed one afterward.

Koshmar had left behind, in the cocoon, that strip of glossy black stone that contained the spirits of the chieftains who had gone before her.

Look, there were two Helmet Men, perhaps the chieftains, standing with Koshmar and Hresh.

But she went often to her little chapel, and knelt and spoke with the spirit of Thekmur and with those of other former chieftains, and took what comfort she could from the wisdom they offered her.

Torlyri stood by the wall where the masks of the chieftains were hung.

Madoc was allowed to go to the top of the pyramid with the chieftains, most of whom were so weak that they had to stop and rest several times during the climb.

Euchee warrior chieftains looked today at the white grand-f ather called Madoc, and bad birds screamed silently in their souls.

Sits on Much Ground and two other chieftains, Meredydd hobbled down the cliff path, led and followed by Chiroki warriors.

Sits on Much Ground translated this, Floating Bear and some of his chieftains began to look amused, then angry, and soon were muttering among themselves.

Chiroki between the Euchee and Chiroki chiefs, with interjections from the Chiroki chieftains, whose faces were hard with resolve.

Now on this morning the Euchee were being held as prisoners in a stream bed below the castle, all except their chief and chieftains, who were to watch the execution of the great murderer.

Tears began to blur her sight, but she saw old Meredydd walking among the Chiroki and Euchee chieftains behind Madoc.

The Chiroki chieftains shoved him about until his back was toward the stake, and then they tied his wrists to the stake, so tightly that he grimaced, while the Welsh people began wailing, realizing that their king was to be subjected to some singular punishment.

Some of the older chieftains were as angry at Wind Made by Wings as they were at the white-faced people, because he was making them ashamed of themselves and challenging them to resist the powerful intruders.

King Alengwyned lay tied down and squirming and groaning and his face and neck were stitched up, the corpses of the native elders and chieftains were dragged and hauled out of the castle and tossed from a ledge into the rushing waterfall.