The treaty was signed by fifty Sachems and War Chiefs. Mohican villages were governed by hereditary sachems advised by a council of clan elders. His decisions could be and sometimes were overruled by the "sachems" and clan matrons. One or more principal men were generally present when sachems ceded land. Seneca men maintained the traditional title of war sachems within the Haudenosaunee. He held the allegiance of a number of lesser Pokanoket sachems. A minority, who were already a faction supporting the sachems, supported the British. Williams acquired land from Canonicus and Miantonomi, chief sachems of the Narragansetts. He was a descendant of the principal sachems of the Mohegans, Pequots, and Narragansetts. Opposition from sachems to this English innovation was widespread. The Sachems called the Fresh Pond Tonnotounknug. All Sachems do justice by their own men. The groups that made up the Ninnimissinuok were presided over by one or two sachems. Other sachems included Uncas, Wonalancet, Madockawando, and Samoset. When the Sachems caught wind of this, the feud between Tammany Hall and Clinton continued.