| Chiefs and headmen are important figures both in villages and nationally, although they are forbidden to be active in party politics. |
| Other peoples had military leaders, tribal chiefs, or headmen, but not officials. |
| In former times local headmen functioned as war chiefs, but paramount chiefs over various local communities were absent. |
| Gifts of a pair of scissors or a looking glass were made to the caciques or village headmen from time to time to keep them friendly. |
| As in Cuba, Jamaica's inhabitants divided their island into provinces, each ruled over by a cacique assisted by village headmen or sub-chiefs. |
| About 300 people, including the headmen of 10 communities and children and teachers from Coffee Bay schools, attended the function. |
