He was lodged in the prison , not as suspected of any offence , but as the most convenient and suitable mode of disposing of him , until the magistrates should have conferred with the indian sagamores respecting his ransom 長官們后來安排他暫時棲身獄中,倒不是擔心他會作出什么有害之舉,而是在和印第安頭人們協商他的贖身問題之前,只有如此才最為方便妥善。
英文解釋
a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) 同義詞:sachem,