sepo

The word Chesapeake is compounded from _Che_, great, _sepe_ or _sepo_, river, and _peak_, a white shell, meaning

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

I immediately put my plan into execution; and a sepo suitable for the purpose being within my reach, I cut it.

The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Then, I bethought me that by cutting a long stiff sepo to serve as a wand, I might form a noose at the end of it, and thus catch not only the bird before me, but any others which might be in the trees.

The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco William Henry Giles Kingston 1847