The paramount chief, known as the Powhatan, had created his powerful empire in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
When the rebels began a campaign to assassinate every paramount chief in the country.
It was less than an hour later that Koinnage, our paramount chief, sought me out.
His father grew from being a clan chief to a paramount chief and president of the court.
He worked as a government dispenser before he became paramount chief.
He became paramount chief of the Xhosas in 1792.
Yet Tonga is still large enough for a centralized government under a paramount chief or king to have arisen.
The paramount chief maintained some loyalty for his subjects.
However, the paramount chief remained completely loyal to the governors.
No one took over as paramount chief upon Atangana's death.
