sachem

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A chief of a tribe of the American Natives; a sagamore

Planted with their broad ends on the deck, a circle of these slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro like the top-knot on some old Pottowottamie Sachem’s head.

{n} a prince, the chief of an Indian tribe
A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore
{i} chief of an American Indian tribe; leader of a political party (Slang)
a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)
sachem

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    [ 'sA-ch&m, 'sa- ] (noun.) 1622. From Narragansett sachem (compare Delaware sakima, Micmac sakumow).
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