Meanings of principal tribe in English

Attigouantans, the principal tribe of the Hurons.

The Querandis or Pehuelches-theprincipal tribe of the Pampas Indians-were ,fromthe first, the chief opponents of the Spaniards in Buenos Ayres.

The tribe of Ephraim, Joseph's son, being the principal tribe of the Northern Kingdom, Joseph is often employed as a synonym for Israel.

The Indian name Stadacona had perished before the time of Champlain, owing, probably, to the migration of the principal tribe and the succession of others.

It must be observed, that the principal tribes have their peculiar weapons.

Three principal tribes of Karens are distinguished, the Sgan, Pwo, and Bwe.

Among the principal tribes, the latter office was in general hereditary, though occasionally conferred by election.

This attempt must involve the statement of our opinion as to the ethnic affinities of all the principal tribes.

There are five principal tribes in Demerara, commonly known by the name of Warow, Arowack, Acoway, Carib, and Macoushi.

Two of their principal tribes, the Sukhi and the Laqi, had addressed themselves to the sovereign then reigning at Babylon.

The principal tribes are the Shoshones and Walla-walla, between whom, as between the former and the Blackfeet, there has been continual war.

Their principal tribes are Deleyanli (chief Ali Beg Oglu), Omar Anli (chief Omar Beg), Mandolli (Omar Aga), Gelikanli (Hassan Beg Mor Oglu).