The leading sachem Massasoit told them that the population had been destroyed by a sickness. |
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Thus it is impossible to either confirm or deny the validity of this powerful and persuasive message placed in the mouth of an Indian sachem. |
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After the death of his first wife, Margaret, daughter of the Oneida sachem Skenandoah, Brant married Catherine Croghan, the Mohawk daughter of a British agent. |
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The tribe comprised several villages, each with its own local chief, or sachem. |
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In fact there are cases where Indians cheated other Indians by claiming the rights to sell land and transferring all the land of another sachem or tribe to the English. |
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Among the Five Nations or League of the Iroquois, the sachem was a formally recognized social role, which was an elected position and, more significantly, limited to men. |
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The tribe was divided into bands, each ruled by a chief, or sachem. |
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The position of sachem descended through families, and were allocated by senior female relatives. |
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Providence Plantation was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams on land provided by Narragansett sachem Canonicus. |
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Mohawk warrior, sachem, diplomat and orator. |
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