Chieftaincy was more highly developed in the eastern sectors of the Shoshone occupancy than among the people farther west.
That the chieftaincy was neither inherited nor permanent is indicated by the proliferation of chiefs' names in historical sources.
That the white man's image of the chieftaincy was erroneous may be seen in the examples cited of disaffection and the subsequent efforts of the agents to shore up the authority of their delegated chiefs.
There is no doubt, however, that a pre-reservation chieftaincy did exist, although for different purposes.
Two years later Rurik, by the death of both his brothers, was left in sole chieftaincy of the adventurers.
But it was not only by the absorption of neighbouring territory that Gedimin signalised his reign; he lifted the land which he had inherited from the position of an obscure chieftaincy to that of a formidable State.
He landed at Carrickfergus, where he received the submission of Turlough O'Neill, who had been elected to the chieftaincy on the death of Shane the Proud.
I do not pretend to carry the proof of a patriarchal position or lineal chieftaincyin the case of Agamemnon further.
But although the conditions of chieftaincy are thus obviously fulfilled in the race of Dardanus, yet difficulty presents itself in a new form.
That the law requiring the Chiefs of Tribes to be bonded through the chieftaincy of the Great Chief of Records be abolished.
During his chieftaincy he had the distinction of dedicating the first wigwam owned by a Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men in the Reservation of Kentucky, that of Oswego Tribe, No.
Kline, a German living in Cincinnati, and holding a minorchieftaincy in the Great Council of Ohio.
The following Great Sun he was chosen Great Sachem, and performed the duties of that chieftaincy with marked ability.
Brother Bebout married during his chieftaincy of Great Sachem and the presence of his fair lady adds a charm to the social feature of the Great Council.
Great Sachem elect Page announced that he should consider the term of the appointees as having expired with his being raised to the Chieftaincy of Great Sachem, and would then appoint a new Committee.
Lyddane, who had held the chieftaincy for five consecutive great suns was not a candidate for re-election, and he was awarded the honors of a Past Great Sachem.
Sometimes thechieftaincy is hereditary in a particular clan, but more often the chieftaincy is elective.
In addition to the chieftaincy of confederate tribes, phratries, and clans, there are councils; but these are not councils of legislation in the ordinary sense.
My own chieftaincy I could demit without regret, knowing that it would fall into your hands.
