sagamore

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"Ay, sagamore, there is always a reason for what you do.

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  1. noun A subordinate chief among the Algonquians of North America.

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  • "Ay, sagamore, there is always a reason for what you do. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
  • These fearful precursors of a coming struggle produced no change in the countenances and movements of his three guides, so far as Duncan could discover, except that the strokes of their paddles were longer and more in unison, and caused the little bark to spring forward like a creature possessing life and volition Hold them there, sagamore," said Hawkeye, looking coolly backward over his left shoulder, while he still plied his paddle; "keep them just there. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
  • Do you think the sagamore, or Uncas, or even I, who am a man without a cross, would deliberate about finding a cover in a scrimmage when an open body would do no good? —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
  • A few large drops of blood were trickling down the shoulders of the sagamore, who, when he perceived that the eyes of Uncas dwelt too long on the sight, raised some water in the hollow of his hand, and, washing off the stain, was content to manifest, in this simple manner, the slightness of the injury The lake now began to expand, and their route lay along a reacher, that was lined, as before, by high and rugged mountains. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
  • Back further still our march of years shall go To times primeval: The first scene will show In shadow silhouette the sagamore, The braves and chieftains of the days of yore, Lords of the forest, kings of stream and hill, Of trail and wigwam: masters of the kill! —  Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
 

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  1. Eastern Abenaki sα`kəmα.

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  1. American Indian sagamore, chief, king: supposed to be connected with sachem: see sachem.
 

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/ˈsægəmoʊr/
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