caciques

For in the city, after I entered the same, there were five of the lords or little kings, which they call caciques in the West Indies, in one chain, almost dead of famine, and wasted with torments.

The Discovery of Guiana. Paras. 1-49 1909

For in the city, after I entered the same, there were five of the lords or little kings, which they call caciques in the West Indies, in one chain, almost dead of famine, and wasted with torments.

The Discovery of Guiana Walter Raleigh 1586

The power of their chiefs, who were formerly called caciques, has almost entirely ceased; indeed, their ancient manners and customs have been greatly changed by their intercourse with the whites.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

To discredit in an underhand way the caciques was the special aim of the Koshare Naua, and to direct the eyes of the people to his own achievements in religious magic, -- in one word to place the power of the Koshare and their specific medicine on a higher plane than all that the official penitents might achieve.

The Delight Makers Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier 1877

The organisations have become less ideological over the years and are now often linked to, or protected by, political bosses known as "caciques", or chieftains.

WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

Gilberto Arias is one of the six 'caciques' (chiefs) of Kuna Yala, an autonomous region for the indigenous Kuna people which lies along Panama's Caribbean coast.

English 2009

Gilberto Arias is one of the six 'caciques' (chiefs) of Kuna Yala, an autonomous region for the indigenous Kuna people which lies along Panama's Caribbean coast.

English 2009

Gilberto Arias is one of the six 'caciques' (chiefs) of Kuna Yala, an autonomous region for the indigenous Kuna people which lies along Panama's Caribbean coast.

English 2009

"Histoire des caciques d'Haïti," (Editions Panorama, Port-au-Prince, 1894), quoted in Carolyn Fick, The Making of Hatii: The Saint Domingue Revolution from Below (Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, 1990), p. 288. 7

Beverly Bell: Jean-Jean's Survival: What Is the Worth of a Haitian Child (Part I) 2010

"Histoire des caciques d'Haïti," (Editions Panorama, Port-au-Prince, 1894), quoted in Carolyn Fick, The Making of Hatii: The Saint Domingue Revolution from Below (Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, 1990), p. 288. 7

Beverly Bell: Jean-Jean's Survival: What is the Worth of a Haitian Child (Part I) 2010