Sarpent

I know you're a man, Sarpent, that is less apt to talk in his own lodge, than to speak at the Council Fire; but forgetful moments may overtake us all, and the practyse of kind doin ', and kind talkin', is a wonderful advantage in keepin 'peace in a cabin, as well as on a hunt. "

The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Well, I'm glad the Sarpent was the one to get off with the gal, for now there'll be two happy at least, whereas had he fallen into the hands of the Mingos, there'd been two miserable, and another far from feelin 'as a man likes to feel. "

The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Some clusters is branded, the Dipper. the Lion, the Eagle, the Sarpent, the Bear

Them Stars 2000

The rock is still called in Breton language Toul ar Sarpent, signifying Serpent's

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 Various

"God be praised, 'tis the Sarpent at last!" exclaimed the young man, suffering the line to slip through his hands until, hearing a light bound in the other end of the craft, he instantly checked the rope and began to haul it in again under the assurance that his object was effected.

Initial Studies in American Letters 1886

We munnot be loike th 'children o' Israel i 'th' Wilderness, an 'turn away fra th' cross 'cause o 'th' Sarpent.

Surly Tim's Trouble 1872

We munnot be loike th 'children o' Israeli 'th' Wilderness, an 'turn away fra th' cross 'cause o 'th' Sarpent.

Surly Tim's Trouble 1872

“And now, Judith, as we understand one another, it is time the Sarpent and I had taken to the canoe,” the hunter concluded.

The Deerslayer: Or, the First War-path 1841

With an Indian 'tis a matter of conscience; what he calls himself, he generally is -- not that Chingachgook, which signifies Big Sarpent, is really a snake, big or little; but that he understands the windings and turnings of human natur ', and is silent, and strikes his enemies when they least expect him.

The Last of the Mohicans 1826

Chingachgook, which signifies Big Sarpent, is really a snake, big or little; but that he understands the windings and turnings of human natur ', and is silent, and strikes his enemies when they least expect him.

The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 James Fenimore Cooper 1820