Noun
A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHe twice surrendered himself as a hostage to the Indians to guarantee the safe return of a great sachem (paramount chief) from a summons to a court: sachem Pessicus in 1645 and sachem Metacomet ("King Philip") in 1671. Source: Internet
The WIC would offer a land patent, the recipient of which would be responsible for negotiating a deal with representatives of the local population, usually the sachem or high chief. Source: Internet
While the Colonials were seeded preseason No. 1 in a vote of Division I coaches, Longo agrees second-seeded Sachem North starts as the best team. Source: Internet
Lindsay also helped to implement a Peer to Peer Substance Abuse Prevention Program in the Sachem School District, which aims to prevent drug use at both the high school and middle school levels. Source: Internet
The Delaware sachem Mattahoon, who was one of the participants, later stated that only as much land as was contained within an area marked by "six trees" was purchased and that the rest of the land occupied by the Swedes was stolen. Source: Internet
There chief sachem Massasoit hosted Williams for the three months until spring. Source: Internet