40 examples of uncas in sentences

The only act which met with his approbation in the conclusion of the campaign, was the assignment of the depopulated lands of the Pequodees to Uncas, the Chief of the Mohicans.

But, in this case, the settlers adhered to their original principle of only obtaining, by purchase from the natives, those tracts of land on which they desired to settle; and a great part of that which was now bestowed on Uncas, was afterwards bought back from him and his inferior Sachems, or obtained by friendly contract, until the English became possessors of the whole district.

When Uncas, my son, dies, there will no longer be any of the blood of the Sagamores.

" "Uncas is here," said another voice, in the same soft, guttural tones.

"Who speaks to Uncas?"

"I have been on the trail of the Maquas, who lie hid like cowards," continued Uncas.

It was Uncas, who, finding a portion of Cora's skirt caught on a bush, first opened up the line of pursuit.

To his dismay, Duncan saw that it was Uncas.

" Leaving the Indians with a certainty that they would not enter the cavern and discover Magua, Duncan and the scout made their way to the hut where Uncas lay bound.

David was secure from all harm; so the scout, stepping out of his bear-skin, dressed himself in the singing-master's clothes, while Uncas donned the wizard's disguise.

Uncas cast his skin, and having used their rifles with deadly effect, he and the scout made their escape into the woods, taking Alice with them.

As the chief of the tribe hesitated how to act, Uncas stepped forward and bared his breast.

But in spite of Uncas's authority, the Indian law could not be set aside.

Uncas alone remained unmoved.

Just then a piercing cry was heard from above, and Uncas leapt frantically from a fearful height upon the ledge on which they stood.

With the last effort of his strength Uncas rose to his feet, and hurled Cora's murderer into the abyss below.

In all the history of the seaboard tribes there was but one Pocahontas, one Uncas, and one Philip.

againbut just then a piercing cry was heard above them, and Uncas appeared, leaping frantically from a fearful height upon the ledge.

Yet with all these drawbacks we cannot doubt from internal evidence that they truly ascribe to the Indian a delicacy of sentiment and of fancy that justifies Cooper in such inventions as his Uncas.

Uncas and Magawisca please us still, Unreal, yet idealized with skill; But every poetaster scribbling witling, From the majestic oak his stylus whittling, Has helped to tire us, and to make us fear The monotone in which so much we hear Of "stoics of the wood," and "men without a tear.

Hope Bromfield Stevens (C); 5Feb70; R479419. BRONSON, F. W. The Uncas Island murders.

Hope Bromfield Stevens (C); 5Feb70; R479419. BRONSON, F. W. The Uncas Island murders.

Heyward felt a burning desire to rush forward to meet them, so intense was the delirious anxiety of the moment; but he was restrained by the deliberate examples of the scout and Uncas.

"I made many moccasons, and wove baskets of twigs; and when Uncas, the chief of the tribe, my father, went to the great hunting-ground beyond the Sun, then I gathered up my moccasons, and went out before the gate opened to let the light through.

I don't know how she found the way alone, but she came into the wigwam when the leaves were falling, and before the buds grew again she went to Uncas in the West.

40 examples of  uncas  in sentences