When incorporated in 1933 there was serious trouble, and many chieftains resigned.
Apart from the rights which they gave, the chieftains remained sovereign; it was still their country, but they entrusted us, as protectors, with certain rights.
Our conversation turned upon incidents of long ago, concerning the shortcomings of a certain chieftain.
He is, on the other hand, a robber chieftain with a considerable knowledge of military tactics.
The notion of having a chieftain may relate to our earlier debate.
Is there any precedent for having deprived a chieftain of his chieftainship?
He has decided that there will be one tribal chieftain instead of the lot and that that one will be him.
At the same time the chieftains had to gain the support of their local leaders, otherwise their power would have been even more fragile than it was in reality.
