cacique

How To Use cacique In A Sentence

• They lived under nine independent caciques or chiefs, and possessed a simple religion devoid of rites and ceremonies, but with a belief in a supreme being, and the immortality of the soul.
• They included four oropendolas and four caciques in a molecular study of blackbird relationships using cytochrome-b sequence data.
• In contrast, all analyses strongly supported the monophyly of the oropendolas and caciques together.
• According to Ridgely and Tudor, it is more likely to be mistaken for a cacique than an oropendola in the field.
• The cacique would be covered from head to toe in powdered gold, thus the name El Dorado, or "the Golden one". Medlogs - Recent stories
• Two of these were surprised and brought to Esquibel, who, having learnt from them that the cacique was at hand, poniarded one of the spies, and bound the other, making him serve as guide. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
• He was likewise a cacique, or leading man of his tribe, which authority was confirmed to him by the Spaniards; for he carried the usual badge and mark of distinction by which the Spaniards and their dependants hold their military and civil employments, which is a stick with a silver head. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
• Gifts of a pair of scissors or a looking glass were made to the caciques or village headmen from time to time to keep them friendly.
• The cacique would be covered from head to toe in powdered gold, thus the name El Dorado, or "the Golden one". Medlogs - Recent stories
• They both looked across at Marlette, then the cacique climbed the steps and disappeared into the chapel. THE DEVIL'S DOOR