sagamore
Algonquian head man
A sagamore is a chief or leader among certain Algonquian peoples of northeastern North America, similar to a sachem.
The term historically described leaders of lesser rank than a sachem, though usage varied among tribes and European colonists often used the words interchangeably: The sagamore welcomed the English settlers.
Top-ranking leader
- headmanLeader of a community
- elderSenior figure of authority
- councilorElected local official
- advisorOne who gives guidance
mediator · authority · spokesman · negotiator · peacemaker · war chief · tribal leader · decision-maker
Algonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- PowhatanVirginia Algonquian confederation
- NarragansettEastern Algonquian tribe
- PequotAlgonquian people of Connecticut
- LenapeAlgonquian-speaking Eastern people
Penobscot · Abenaki · Mohican · Algonquin · Ojibwe · Potawatomi · Shawnee · powwow
English port city
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- PuritansEnglish Protestant reformers
treaty · Massasoit · Squanto · colonists · settlement · 17th century · frontier · encounter
chief
Top-ranking leader
advisor · mediator · authority · spokesman · negotiator · peacemaker · war chief · tribal leader · decision-maker · representative
Wampanoag
Algonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- PowhatanVirginia Algonquian confederation
- NarragansettEastern Algonquian tribe
- PequotAlgonquian people of Connecticut
Lenape · Penobscot · Abenaki · Mohican · Algonquin · Ojibwe · Potawatomi · Shawnee · powwow · wampum
Plymouth
English port city
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
Puritans · treaty · Massasoit · Squanto · colonists · settlement · 17th century · frontier · encounter · diplomacy