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Sachem meaning
A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore. | A boss, a leader. | An eminent member of a group, or an eminent person in society; a sagamore.
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He twice surrendered himself as a hostage to the Indians to guarantee the safe return of a great sachem (paramount chief) from a summons to a court: sachem Pessicus in 1645 and sachem Metacomet ("King Philip") in 1671.
Ward Melville senior Pearl Kenny lays up for two in a home game against Sachem North.
I smiled at this memory, recalling our midnight skinny-dipping excursion to Sachem Pond and the lovemaking that occurred on said rock.
Sachem Balgobin recorded 124 (10x4s, 2x6s), which is his third century in the tournament.
Sachem Capital had a net margin of 8.56% and a return on equity of 2.45%.
The river was home to many native tribes, and in fact was the site of the main camp of Weetamoe, the squaw sachem of the Pocassets.
The Delaware sachem Mattahoon, who was one of the participants, later stated that only as much land as was contained within an area marked by "six trees" was purchased and that the rest of the land occupied by the Swedes was stolen.
There chief sachem Massasoit hosted Williams for the three months until spring.
The WIC would offer a land patent, the recipient of which would be responsible for negotiating a deal with representatives of the local population, usually the sachem or high chief.