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- noun Plural form of
sachem .
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Examples
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The Six Nations were confident they could control other nations by sending “Half-Kings,” as the English called sachems or village chiefs, to represent Iroquois interests locally.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The Six Nations were confident they could control other nations by sending “Half-Kings,” as the English called sachems or village chiefs, to represent Iroquois interests locally.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The Six Nations were confident they could control other nations by sending “Half-Kings,” as the English called sachems or village chiefs, to represent Iroquois interests locally.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The Six Nations were confident they could control other nations by sending “Half-Kings,” as the English called sachems or village chiefs, to represent Iroquois interests locally.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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He called the sachems of the Wampanoags together, and talked the matter over with them.
Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola Edson Leone Whitney
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The short answer: Tammany Hall, the New York political machine, one of whose "grand sachems," James Gaffney, bought the team before the 1912 season.
Steve Kettmann: Book Review: An Irresistible Look Back on Fenway Park's First Season, Not Just for Sox Fans Steve Kettmann 2011
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The short answer: Tammany Hall, the New York political machine, one of whose "grand sachems," James Gaffney, bought the team before the 1912 season.
Steve Kettmann: Book Review: An Irresistible Look Back on Fenway Park's First Season, Not Just for Sox Fans Steve Kettmann 2011
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Gist reported from Philadelphia that he had set up meetings with several sachems and would forward “all the intelligence that can possibly be got.”
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The short answer: Tammany Hall, the New York political machine, one of whose "grand sachems," James Gaffney, bought the team before the 1912 season.
Steve Kettmann: Book Review: An Irresistible Look Back on Fenway Park's First Season, Not Just for Sox Fans Steve Kettmann 2011
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The short answer: Tammany Hall, the New York political machine, one of whose "grand sachems," James Gaffney, bought the team before the 1912 season.
Steve Kettmann: Book Review: An Irresistible Look Back on Fenway Park's First Season, Not Just for Sox Fans Steve Kettmann 2011
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