Example Sentences

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“Once again, they stole the Narragansetts of our voice,” Noka said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2022

His traditional enemies, the Narragansetts, held the opposite shore.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

The survivors were handed over to the Mohegans and Narragansetts, the Pequots’ traditional enemies who fought with the English.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2017

The Narragansetts are Rhode Island’s only federally recognized tribe.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2016

You have done well, Giles Hopkins," said Governor Bradford, heartily, "both in your conception of this message, and in your bearing it to the Narragansetts.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames