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Werowocomoco was a
village that
served as the
headquarters of
Chief Powhatan, a
Virginia Algonquian political and
spiritual leader when the
English founded...
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County is
about 60
miles (97 km) east of Virginia's capital, Richmond.
Werowocomoco,
capital of the
large and
powerful Powhatan Confederacy (a
union of 30...
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thousands of years. In 2003
evidence was
found of the
likely site of
Werowocomoco, one of two
capitals used by the
paramount chief Powhatan before 1609...
- colonists. As a result,
Wahunsenacawh moved his
primary residence from
Werowocomoco, off the York River, to
Orapax (or Orapakes),
located in a
swamp at the...
- Opchanacanough, the
younger brother of Powhatan.
Smith was
taken to
Werowocomoco, Powhatan's
capital along the York River.
Smith recounted in 1624 that...
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Gloucester at some
point in the 1600s. The
point is
downstream from
Werowocomoco,
capital of
Tsenacommacah since the late 500s.
Gloucester Point is located...
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exploring on the
Chickahominy River and
brought him to Powhatan's
capital at
Werowocomoco. In his 1608 account,
Smith describes a
great feast followed by a long...
- he
ruled primarily from
Werowocomoco,
which was
located on the
northern s**** of the York River. This site of
Werowocomoco was
rediscovered in the early...
- site of
Werowocomoco, a
capital village of
Chief Powhatan in what is now Virginia.
According to
English colonist Captain John Smith,
Werowocomoco was located...
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Powhatan at
Werowocomoco, one of the Powhatans' two
capital villages.
Located along the
northern s**** of the present-day York River,
Werowocomoco is thought...
