At that period John Ross was acting asprincipal chief of the Cherokee Nation.
The secessionist Cherokees then called a convention, formally deposed John Ross, and elected Stand Watie as Principal Chief in his stead.
Under this arrangement John Ross retains the post of principal chief.
Footnote 3: I am informed by Colonel Bushyhead, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, that Bartram is mistaken in his latter assumption.
Of all those present only Major Ridge, a principal chief, had the courage to stand up and oppose it, warning his hearers that such talk would inevitably lead to war with the United States, which would end in their own destruction.
John Ross, principal chief in the Cherokee nation, tried to maintain his neutrality at the commencement of the conflict, but the fiction of Indian nationality was too slight for his effort to be successful.
Feenou, a principal Chief, from Tongataboo, comes on a Visit.
I afterward understood from Omai, that this present had been sent from the king, or principal chief of the island.
Another, who seemed to be a principal chief, acted as if quite bereft of his senses; he ran to every corner of the area, and at each station beat his head with a club till the blood flowed down on his shoulders.
The king, or principal chief, made his choice from the best of the lands.
The pageant of woe reached its climax when the deceased was a king or a principal chief.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "principal chief" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
