sachem
noun
(among some North American Indians)
sachemship
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a word derived from
sachem.
Example Sentences
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As a practical matter, sachems had to gain the consent of their people, who could easily move away and join another sachemship.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
More ambitious still, he hoped to use his influence on the English to make this new Patuxet the center of the Wampanoag confederation, thereby stripping the sachemship from Massasoit, who had held him captive.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The name of each sachemship is also the personal name of each sachem while he holds the office each one in succession taking the name of his predecessor.
From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Lewis H. Morgan
In honour of these great services this sachemship was afterward held vacant.
From The Niagara River by Archer Butler Hulbert
Historical Collections of the Indians in New England," written in 1674, has the following in relation to the tribes inhabiting this region: "The Pawtuckett is the fifth and last great sachemship of Indians.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
