Caciques

Standing but a few degrees above barbarism, the natives were under the dominion of five petty kings or chiefs, called Caciques, who possessed absolute power; and were subject to the yet more rigorous sway of priests or Butios, to whom superstition lent an influence which was the greater because it included the resources of the physician as well as those of the enchanter.

Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography 1863

Probably this was the burial-place of their great men called Caciques; but from whence they could be brought we were utterly at a loss to conceive, there being no traces of any Indian settlement hereabout.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

Most areas are still in the hands of local Caciques, that is mafia - like families that maintain control of political power and wealth through violence and intimidation.

Indymedia Ireland 2009

Most areas are still in the hands of local Caciques, that is mafia - like families that maintain control of political power and wealth through violence and intimidation.

Indymedia Ireland 2009

Most areas are still in the hands of local Caciques, that is mafia - like families that maintain control of political power and wealth through violence and intimidation.

Indymedia Ireland 2009

The Caciques and some of the headmen kept harems of youths who, as soon as destined for the unclean office, were dressed as women.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Torridge for its weight in silver, and draw from thence, after the example of the Caciques of Dariena, supplies of inspiration much needed, then as now, in those Gothamite regions.

Westward Ho! 2007

It was here that Thalcave hoped to meet the Caciques, in whose hands, he had no doubt, Harry Grant and his men were prisoners.

In Search of the Castaways 2003

“Had the Sergeant heard whether any Europeans were prisoners in the hands of the Caciques?”

In Search of the Castaways 2003

The remaining two carried provisions and a few bales of goods, intended to secure the goodwill of the Caciques of the plain.

In Search of the Castaways 2003