Definition of Sachemships. Meaning of Sachemships. Synonyms of Sachemships

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Definition of Sachemships

Sachemship
Sachemship Sa"chem*ship, n. Office or condition of a sachem.

Meaning of Sachemships from wikipedia

- of the Six Nations is an ****embly of 56 Hoyenah (chiefs) or sachems. Sachemships are hereditary within a clan. When a position becomes vacant a candidate...
- the institution of the sachemship itself. Colonial writers noted that sachemships could themselves be subjected to a ruler over many sachems, a great sachem...
- present-day New Fairfield and Sherman. From east to west the Wappinger sachemships included the Paugussetts, Tankiteke, and the Siwanoy. There were also...
- equivalent of $300. Chief Waramaug succeeded Chief Squantz in 1725 in sachemship of the Potatuck. One of Chief Squantz's sons was Mauwehu, who was said...
- of the Housatonic River, until his death in 1735. He was succeeded as sachemship of the Potatuck after his death by one of Chief Squantz's sons, Mauwehu...
- family, as there was a dispute over who should inherit Turramuggus's sachemship. Additionally, there was a family dispute over who the next Sunk Squaw...