sagamite

"I will myself travel into thy country," said he, "and eat sagamite in thy grandmother's skull."

The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education

Radisson's Iroquois father held great feasts in which he heaved up the hatchet to break the kettle of sagamite against all enemies.

Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark 1903

The warriors spoke no more soft words, but spent their time feasting, chanting war-songs, heaving up the war-hatchet against the kettle of sagamite -- which meant the rupture of peace.

Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark 1903

Striking his hatchet through a kettle of sagamite to signify thus would he break peace to all Radisson's foes, the old Iroquois warrior made a speech to the assembled guests.

Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark 1903

The passport was respected and the elders of the village, which was close at hand, invited the voyagers ashore and feasted them with sagamite and fish.

The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness Thomas Guthrie Marquis 1900

The man nearest him had suddenly fallen with a crash, lying quite still with his face in a platter of the sagamite which had been brought out by the women.

The Refugees Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

The sagamite he had learned to tolerate, but the maize cakes were so excellent it seemed as if he could never get enough of them.

A Little Girl in Old Detroit Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873

There were little booths here and there where squaws were cooking sagamite and selling it in queer dishes made of gourds.

A Little Girl in Old Detroit Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873

One of the Indians spoke a little Illinois, and served as interpreter; a friendly conference was followed by a feast of sagamite and fish; and the travellers, not without sore misgivings, spent the night in the lodges of their entertainers.

France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 Francis Parkman 1858

During the speeches on either side, food was brought in without ceasing; sometimes a platter of sagamite or mush; sometimes of corn boiled whole; sometimes a roasted dog.

France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 Francis Parkman 1858