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How to use sachem in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word sachem? Here are some examples.

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The leading sachem Massasoit told them that the population had been destroyed by a sickness.
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.
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.
The tribe comprised several villages, each with its own local chief, or sachem.
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.
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.
The tribe was divided into bands, each ruled by a chief, or sachem.
The position of sachem descended through families, and were allocated by senior female relatives.
Providence Plantation was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams on land provided by Narragansett sachem Canonicus.
Mohawk warrior, sachem, diplomat and orator.
Examples from Classical Literature
Their sachem, Uncas, had his royal residence in the present town of Norwich.
And the great Indian sachem had become the ally of the little English king.
At four the sachem received a shot in her boilers and was at once enveloped in steam.
But their most deadly and formidable enemy was Philip, sachem of the Wampanoags.
The sachem saw all this, and his mighty spirit was stirred within him.
One of these corresponded to the sachem among northern tribes.
Here the sachem Hendrick joined them with a body of his Mohawks.
The sachem of tribes, or tribal-chief is chosen by chiefs of the gentes.
When they arrived at Corbitant's house they found the sachem not at home.
The sachem set a chair for her and relieved her of the staff and her bag.
I have seen the head of an old sachem of the forest which at once reminded the eye of a bald mountain summit, and the furrows of the brow suggested the strata of the rock.
Beginning July 2, the office will be located at 1413 Sachem Place, Suite 2, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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