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War chief

Tribal chief during wartime, particularly among indigenous peoples of the Americas



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Charles Rouleau

Rouleau, in his capacity of Stipendiary Magistrate, tried the case of Wandering Spirit, (Kapapamahchakwew) a Plains Cree war chief for his role in the Frog Lake Massacre.

Hermannsdenkmal

The monument commemorates the Cherusci war chief Hermann or Armin (Latin: Arminius) and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in which the Germanic tribes under Arminius recorded a decisive victory in 9 AD over three Roman legions under Varus.

Kicking Bird

When Satanta stepped down as war chief in late 1874, to be arrested immediately thereafter, and Lone Wolf surrendered early the next year, Kicking Bird was the only remaining Kiowa chief with a sizable following.

Murray Hammick

(1890-1968), engineering degree Camb, Major in 6th Bn Manchester Regt in Great War, Chief Engineer Iraqi Petroleum Company, Petroleum Warfare Department in Second War, co-inventor of HAMEL PLUTO D-Day pipeline system, Lance Corporal Home Guard.

Ninaki Mountain

It was named in honour of the sacrifice of the wife who threw her baby, then herself off the mountain in reaction to the death of her war-chief husband as a result of a battle which took place between Peigan and Blackfeet warriors.

Noor Mohammad Kalhoro

In 1157 AH (1744 AD) Shaykh Shukrullah a Sindhi war-chief sent by Mian Noor Mohammad Kalhoro defeated Hothí the chief of the Kakralah a Hindu tribe which had build the fort of Kanji, the Hindus of that region had a long blood-feud with the Samma tribe (Muslim).