Definition of Indian chief

1. Noun. The leader of a group of Native Americans.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Chief

Indian arrowroot
Indian banyan
Indian bean
Indian beech
Indian beet
Indian blackwood
Indian blanket
Indian breadroot
Indian buffalo
Indian burn
Indian burns
Indian capital
Indian carp
Indian chickweed
Indian chief
Indian chieftain
Indian chocolate
Indian cholera
Indian club
Indian cobra
Indian coral tree
Indian corn
Indian cress
Indian crocus
Indian currant
Indian elephant
Indian elephants
Indian fig
Indian figs

Literary usage of Indian chief

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"When any indian chief dies without an heir, or leaving a minor heir, or proves himself incapable of ruling, the British Government steps in and administers ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1849)
"PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE indian chief BRANT. [Continued from p. 348, Vol. II.] Since the publication of our article in the Journal, ..."

3. Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon Or Columbia River: Being a by Alexander Ross (1849)
"Calculation of time—Singular manner of naming children—Peculiar modes of address—Anecdote of an indian chief—Indian forbearance —Conduct of the whites in ..."

4. The American Indian (Uh-nish-in-na-ba) by Elijah Middlebrook Haines (1888)
"... Nature —Speech of the indian chief Logan—Elements of Indian Eloquence--Indian Iili-as Gathered from Surroundings- The Tempests—The Woods—The Waterfalls ..."

5. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Adventurous Pursuit — Surprising an Indian Camp — Invited to be the Guest of an indian chief—Warned of Danger — Outbreak of Hostilities — Young Warriors ..."

6. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"—Narrative of the " White Woman," Wife of an indian chief.—Diseases among the Aborigines.—Conduct of the Whites to Indians. ..."

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