Canonchet
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Thus fell Canonchet, the last great chief of the Narragansets.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by Boutwell, George S.
In fact, running hard around the hill, Canonchet wellnigh ran into the Niantics of Chief Catapazet, who were coming down right over the hill.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
The loss of Canonchet was a bitter blow to Philip, who now saw his allies falling away and himself deserted by all but a few faithful followers.
From The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths by Andrews, Charles McLean
Philip was sachem of the Pokanokets and Canonchet of the Narragansets.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by Boutwell, George S.
Canonchet was both, and might yet have fought loose, to liberty.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
