Both parties, under the chieftains' guidance, fought fiercely, in a fever of excitement, giving no heed to wounds, seeing nothing but the foe and the battlements to be scaled.
He was a powerful chieftain, and there was an old feud between him and the men of Chester.
He was straight American stock, but he was built like the chieftains of old Hawaii.
Possibly they were intended to mark the graves of deceased chieftains.
The messengers found the Saxon chieftains very ready to enter into Alfred's plans.
Some chieftains fought them and were subdued, others submitted and received a share of the territory.
It is difficult to see how the local leaders could have managed without the approval of the chieftains.
On seeing his son as a bandit chieftain, the old count does actually die of shock.