Chickahominy

[ chik-uh-hom-uh-nee ]

/ ˌtʃɪk əˈhɒm ə ni /

a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited eastern Virginia.

Example sentences from the Web for chickahominy

Halleck answered that it had been suggested to Canby, but that Grant had, just then, all he could attend to on the Chickahominy.

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 |Jacob Dolson Cox
Drummond was taken in the swamps of the Chickahominy and carried before the Governor.

Pioneers of the Old South |Mary Johnston
Doubtless every step Smith took from the mouth of the Chickahominy was reported by the spies of Powhatan.

The Birth of the Nation |Mrs. Roger A. Pryor
That ended all hopes of forcing the lines of the Chickahominy.

Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee and his Paladins |John Esten Cooke

The retreating troops fall in behind French and Meagher, form a new line nearer the Chickahominy, as the darkness comes on.

Following the Flag |Charles Carleton Coffin