“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.”

“But their most deadly and formidable enemy was Philip, sachem of the Wampanoags.”

“There came a moment of extraordinary professional solidarity from the sachems of journalism in response.”

“The elder clan mothers in matrilineal Iroquois society had the power to choose the sachems, or peace chiefs, for each of their clans.”

“Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow was one of four Iroquois sachems, or leaders, who in 1710 visited the court of Queen Anne in London.”