Sentence examples for friendly tribes from inspiring English sources

If the relatives behave like friendly tribes, as they occasionally do — if they propose to coöperate with the biographer, even to the point of making him "official" or "authorized" — he still has to assert his authority and strut about to show that he is the big white man and they are just the naked savages.

Friendly tribes taught newcomers how to grow indigenous crops, prepare foods, and hunt wild game.

The group may have been annihilated by hostile Native Americans or may have joined a friendly tribe.

When a compass is stolen from Theo by a friendly tribe, he violently insists it be returned lest the instrument interfere with their traditional navigation methods.

Some of the friendliest tribes were later treated the worst.

Perhaps most importantly, E. coli competitively excludes pathogens from its niche in the gut, rather like how friendly barbarian tribes, settled by the Roman Empire on its frontiers, helped to keep out the more dangerous tribes (Chang et al., 2004).

He lived with a friendly Indian tribe on Allumette Island in the Ottawa River, learned the Algonquian language and culture, and participated in negotiations with the Iroquois.

ALBANY — Offering up some details on a promised plan for legalizing full-scale casinos in New York, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Thursday he would push for a statewide voter referendum this fall, despite uncertain electoral prospects, while also suggesting that his patience had worn thin with some gaming-friendly Indian tribes upstate.

He extended patronage to American fur traders, artists, and explorers who, in turn, assisted him in his mission by establishing friendly relations with numerous tribes.

A tribe of friendly Senussi Arabs found him, dressed his wounds, and helped him return to Allied lines.

Whether a Native American tribe was friendly or warlike was critical to the fates of European explorers and settlers in that land.