Sentences with phrase «native chieftains»

West's composition Treaty of William Penn with the Indians (1771, Pennsylvania State Museum) shows the grave Quakers making a solemn treaty with the native chieftains, investing the scene with all the stoic dignity of an event from Greek or Roman political history.

Next it appears as a nation, bearing the national name of «Israel», settled in its own territory, and governed by its native chieftains and kings.

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So the Chieftain went back to his Native American beliefs and ways.

And its titular heroine (voiced by remarkable teenage newcomer Auli'i Cravalho, a native Hawaiian cast after a worldwide search) is no passive princess, her flowing dress, adorable animal sidekick and status as chieftain's daughter notwithstanding.