Canonicus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When Canonicus saw this he was badly scared, for he knew well what it meant.
From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
After considerable difficulty, the gentle exhortations of the Canonicus Morrell of Santa Cruz prevailed and succeeded in appeasing the men, who took up other work.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
Tuesday evening, however, Captain Mason landed, and had an interview with Miantunnomah, a chief very high in rank, who seems to have shared with his uncle Canonicus in the government of the Narragansets.
From King Philip Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Canonicus once sent to Governor Bradford a bundle of arrows tied up in a rattlesnake's skin.
From Comic History of the United States by Opper, F.
They immediately ceased all hostile demonstrations, and Canonicus remained after this, until his death, apparently a firm friend of the English.
From King Philip Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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