Sachem

Examples of sachem in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The building was set to open as the Shawmut Center, with arena seats stamped with the bank’s classic logo of sachem Obbatinewat, a native North American. — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, "Once again, NHL leads the way in selling its game," 9 Jan. 2021 To fund political activities, the sachem collected tribute from the people in the form of crops, furs, game, and labor. — National Geographic, "Massasoit's strategic diplomacy kept peace with the Pilgrims for decades," 19 Nov. 2020 After losing about half their people during the harsh winter months, the colonists in 1621 finally received a visit from Samoset, a visiting Abenaki sachem, or leader, who happened to speak English. — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, "After 400 years, Indigenous people reflect on the real story of the 'first Thanksgiving'," 25 Nov. 2020 In the summer of 1621, a dissident Wampanoag sachem named Corbitant, backed by other leaders from Cape Cod and the islands, threatened Ousamequin’s life and briefly took Tisquantum captive. — National Geographic, "Massasoit's strategic diplomacy kept peace with the Pilgrims for decades," 19 Nov. 2020 Per the trust’s Facebook page, the island derives its name from a Monomoyick sachem, or chief, named John Sipson. — Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, "Cape Cod Island Opens to the Public for the First Time in 300 Years," 31 July 2020 Bradford called in a favor from his main indigenous ally, Massasoit, the Wampanoag sachem, to act as an emissary and deployed the colony’s limited supply of trade goods to retrieve the wayward youth. — Jon T. Coleman, Smithsonian Magazine, "Ten Curious Cases of Getting Lost in the Wilderness," 12 Aug. 2020 Not since the 24-acre island off the coast of Cape Cod was bought by early English colonists from the sachem, the leader of the local Monomoyicks Native Americans, members of the region's Wampanoag Nation. — Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, "Private Island Off Cape Cod Opens to Public for the First Time in 300 Years," 29 July 2020 This was unlike Buster, who usually remains pretty stoically silent, like an elderly indigenous sachem. — Washington Post, "Gene Weingarten: What’s for dinner? Ask the neighborhood cat.," 27 Nov. 2019

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