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head-chief U.S.
[head n.1 71.]
The paramount chief of an Indian tribe.
1806J. Ordway in Jrnls. Lewis & O. (1916) 355 The head chief..informed us that the most of our horses and pack Saddles were Safe. 1837R. M. Bird Nick of Woods I. 236 From the head-chief to the commoner. 1881Harper's Mag. Apr. 670/2 White Eagle, head-chief of the Poncas. a1918G. Stuart 40 Yrs. on Frontier (1925) I. 96 The head chief proposed to meet the interpreter unarmed and talk with him. |