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Powhatan (c. 1547 – c. 1618),
whose proper name was
Wahunsenacawh (alternately
spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsuna****, or Wahunsona****), was the leader...
- 1598.[citation needed] By 1607,
Wahunsenacawh controlled more than 30 tribes. The
original six
tribes under Wahunsenacawh were: the
Powhatan (proper), the...
- 16th and
early 17th centuries, a
mamanatowick (paramount chief)
named Wahunsenacawh forged a
Paramount Chiefdom consisting of 30
tributary tribes through...
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Virginia Algonquian-speaking
tribes consolidated during the 1570s
under Wahunsenacawh,
known in
English as
Chief Powhatan.
Powhatan controlled more than 150 settlements...
- 1587
colonists had been m****acred by
Wahunsenacawh. The
source of this
allegation is unknown. Machumps,
Wahunsenacawh's brother-in-law, is
known to have provided...
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Powhatan convert to
Christianity Title Princess Matoaka Spouse John
Rolfe (m. 1614)
Children Thomas Rolfe Parent Wahunsenacawh/Chief
Powhatan (father)...
- Other names "Thomas Wrolfe", Lt.
Rolfe Spouse Jane
Poythress Children Jane
Rolfe Parent(s) John
Rolfe Pocahontas Relatives Wahunsenacawh (grandfather)...
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Smith had
previously heard of the M****awomeck from
Wahunsenacawh,
leader of the Powhatan.
Wahunsenacawh told
Smith that the M****awomeck were a
fierce people...
- conflict. The Anglo-Powhatan War
lasted until Samuel Argall captured Wahunsenacawh's daughter Matoaka,
better known by her
nickname Pocahontas,
after which...
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Jamestown in 1607.: 136
According to this account, the
Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh was
warned by his
priests about a
nation that
would one day
arise from...
