"Ah! Yuagh!" called the sachem, and two young men stepped forward, toe on the line, glanced each at a framed picture, drew up an arm, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Its official head was the "sachem," whose functions were of a civil nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest] Reference
"sachem," so seldom used, so difficult of pronunciation by the. From Wordnik.com. [The Reckoning] Reference
Wannalancet held his court, as sachem, in a log cabin near. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884] Reference
Lay the mystical red pipe-stone, never yet by sachem found. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Legends of Minnesota] Reference
One of these corresponded to the sachem among northern tribes. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
DAGONOWEDA, a sachem of the Onondagas, who proposed union, 17. From Wordnik.com. [French Pathfinders in North America] Reference
Hotly pursued and beset; but their sachem, the brave Wattawamat. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School] Reference
Massasoit, succeeded his father as grand sachem of the Wampanoags. From Wordnik.com. [Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola] Reference
"What do you want in return for your goods?" asked the Pequot sachem. From Wordnik.com. [Once Upon a Time in Connecticut] Reference
The village where the grand sachem lived was called by them Pokanoket. From Wordnik.com. [Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola] Reference
"Handsomelake." a Seneca sachem of the highest class, he was born at the. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
I wondered if his tattoos and piercings marked him as a shaman or sachem. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
In 1637 we might have seen the large canoe of Wyandanch, the sachem of the. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
He had become the sachem, or speaker, of these people on his father's death. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
This, to put it mildly, will sow doubts in the minds of the Democratic sachem. From Wordnik.com. [Brazile: Howard Dean And Other Party Leaders Should Be Prepared To Step In] Reference
The sachem, Acts Fast, seemed much too cool and wily a customer for such openness. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
He was a Knight Templar, and past master of the I.O.O.F., and past sachem of Red Men. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891] Reference
There were also fifty sub-sachems, or war chiefs -- that is, to every sachem was given. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
Tweed had been sachem or grand sachem of Tammany and chairman of its general committee. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Manna-hata, a sachem at the head of a band of warriors appeared to oppose their landing. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
There was refuge for my dignity in the sonorous syllables, and I spoke as to a fellow sachem. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
A parley was sounded, and Uncas proposed a conference with the Narragansett sachem, who agreed. From Wordnik.com. [Once Upon a Time in Connecticut] Reference
My only hope is that the party's sachem will step in after Tues. and insist that she step aside. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Hillary Up By Five In Texas] Reference
Three centuries ago Massasoit, Philip's father, was the grand sachem, or ruler, of the Wampanoags. From Wordnik.com. [Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola] Reference
For several years Philip was grand sachem of the Wampanoags and kept this treaty with great faithfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola] Reference
Afterward, when "he humbled himself to the Pequot sachem, he received permission to live in his own country again.". From Wordnik.com. [Once Upon a Time in Connecticut] Reference
Ten years passed by peacefully, except for one little trouble, which occurred in 1667, six years after Philip became sachem. From Wordnik.com. [Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola] Reference
The sessions of the court lasted for two days, and every one was astonished at the wisdom and dignity of the great sachem of the. From Wordnik.com. [Once Upon a Time in Connecticut] Reference
But as more than once he was on the point of waking the sachem, the thought arose that it might look like cowardice, and he forbore. From Wordnik.com. [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference
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