Sachem's Head, Guilford, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, New England

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The name of “Sachem's Head” came from the fact that, in 1637, a great Indian chief was beheaded after a fierce battle between two hostile tribes of Indians and his head placed in the fork of an old oak tree on the north side of the harbour.

This is information given by our historian.

However, as long as some can remember, there was a large pole on chimney corner -- about where the yacht club flag pole stands now -- and that pole was always pointed out as the one which the sachem’s head had been hung.