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	Powhatan Indians
		Although early interactions between the English and the Powhatans was sometimes violent and exploitive on both sides, leaders of both peoples realized the mutual benefit to be derived from peaceful relations.
		However, with the death of Pocahontas in 1617 and the death of Powhatan a year later, the peace came to an end.
		By 1669, the population of Powhatan Indians in the area had dropped to about 1,800 and by 1722, many of the tribes comprising the empire of Chief Powhatan were reported extinct.
	www.baydreaming.com /powhatan.htm (311 words)

	County of Powhatan > Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Originally settled by French Huguenots in the early 1700's, Powhatan County was created by The Virginia General Assembly in 1777.
		Located in Virginia's Central Piedmont between the Appomattox and James rivers, Powhatan is twenty miles west of Richmond, the Commonwealth's capitol city, and is within an easy two-hour drive from the Atlantic Ocean, Washington, D.C., Colonial Williamsburg, and the Blue Ridge Mountains.
		The county consists of 272 square miles (174,800 acres) and has a population 22,372 (per the 2000 census), a 45% increase from the 1990 population of 15,328.
	www.powhatanva.gov (163 words)

	Powhatan Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Powhatan was the son of a chief reportedly driven from Florida by the Spaniards.
		Powhatan inherited this confederacy and continued to conquer other tribes so that, by the time of the colonization of Jamestown, he ruled about 30 tribes comprising some 8,000 people.
		Powhatan did not trust the colonists sufficiently to attend the wedding and sent his brother in his place.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/powhatan (444 words)

	Powhatan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Powhatan (also spelled Powatan and Powhaten), or Powhatan Renape (literally, the "Powhatan Human Beings"), is the name of a Native American tribe, and also the name of a powerful confederacy of tribes that they dominated.
		Powhatan was also the original name of the town that Wahunsunacock (the Chief Powhatan) came from (today the site of Richmond, Virginia), as well as the name of the river where it sat (today called the James River).
		Powhatan County was named in honor of the Chief and his tribe, although located about 60 miles to the west of lands ever under their control.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Powhatan (735 words)

	Powhatan Indian Lifeways
		Powhatan settlements were concentrated along the rivers, which provided both food and transportation; the folk who inhabited them spoke a now-extinct form of Algonquian, a language which was common to many native peoples from present-day New York south to Florida.
		Although Powhatan maintained residences amongst all the tribes, his usual dwelling-place was a Werowocomoco, on the north side of the York River.
		Opechancanough resented the English, and, although Powhatan had been assured the Jamestown settlement was merely a temporary one, the new chief saw all too clearly that the English were in Virginia to stay.
	www.nps.gov /colo/Jthanout/Indianlife.html (1720 words)

	Virtual Jamestown: Powhatan
		Powhatan was the leader, or chief, of the Powhatan federation of Indians that occupied Virginia in the early seventeenth century.
		Powhatan was a proud and respected leader, the equivalent of an English king already.
		Powhatan admonished the governor to treat his daughter well and seemed content to allow her to remain among the English.
	www.virtualjamestown.org /Powhat1.html (967 words)

	Gloucester History: Chief Powhatan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Powhatan, was the father of POCAHONTAS and an intimate friend of Captain John Smith and John Rolfe.
		At the time of the English settlement of Jamestown (1607), Powhatan was consolidating 30 or more tribes of the confederacy from his capital, Werowocomoco, on the Pamunkey River, land which later became Gloucester and Mathews Counties.
		Powhatan was initially friendly to the English colonists, but upon learning that John Smith was interested in metals and in finding a waterway leading to the western ocean, Powhatan perceived the English as dangerous and decided to remove them from his territory.
	www.co.gloucester.va.us /powha1.htm (164 words)

	Powhatan
		Powhatan operated off Charleston, S.C. from October 1862 to August 1863, captured schooner Major E. Willis 19 April and sloop C. Routereau 16 May, and deployed for a second time to the West Indies from November 1863 to September 1864 as flagship of Rear Admiral Lardner.
		After the war Powhatan was the flagship of the South Pacific Squadron 1866–1869, Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren commanding it from 12 December 1866 to 14 July 1868.
		Powhatan decommissioned 2 June 1886 and was sold 30 July 1886 to Burdette Pond of Meriden, Conn., and scrapped 5 August 1887.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p10/powhatan-i.htm (560 words)

	PATC - Short History of the Powhatan Indians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Manahoacs, he found, were friends of the Monacans and enemies of the Powhatans, the name commonly given to the coastal tribes in the Jamestown area.
		Relations between the Powhatans and the English grew less friendly as the settlers moved to expand the colony.
		The paramount chief Powhatan died soon after in 1618 and the mantle of power passed officially to his brother Opitchapam, but it was a second brother Opechancanough who held the real authority.
	www.patc.net /history/native/ind_hist.html (2029 words)

	Powhatan Biography \| carl_04_package.xml
		Estimates of the size of the Powhatan Confederacy range from 128 to 200 villages consisting of approximately 9,000 inhabitants and encompassing nearly 30 tribes.
		The society of the Powhatans was greatly influenced by Spanish attempts to set up a mission in the area in 1570 and by English efforts to colonize the Roanoke region in the 1580s.
		Powhatan could easily have demolished the struggling community, but instead chose to tolerate the English for a time—probably out of a desire to develop trade relations.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/powhatan-carl-04 (1352 words)

	Facts for Kids: Powhatan Indians (Powhatans)
		We encourage students and teachers to look through our main Powhatan Confederacy page for in-depth information about the tribe, but here are our answers to the questions we are most often asked by children, with Powhatan pictures and links we believe are suitable for all ages.
		The Powhatans painted their faces and bodies with different colors and designs for different occasions, and often wore tattooes.
		The Powhatan tribe is known for their beadwork and basketry.
	www.geocities.com /bigorrin/powhatan_kids.htm (1206 words)

	Powhatan Confederacy — FactMonster.com
		Wahunsonacock, or Powhatan, as the English called him, was the leader of the confederacy when Jamestown was settled in 1607.
		The Powhatan are said to have been driven N to Virginia by the Spanish, where their chief, Powhatan's father, subjugated five other Virginia tribes.
		On Powhatan's death in 1618, Opechancanough, chief of the Pamunkey, became the central power in the confederacy, and he organized the general attack (1622) in which some 350 settlers were killed.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/society/A0839957.html (410 words)

	Pocahontas
		Pocahontas was an Indian princess, the daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of the Algonquian Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia.
		Powhatan said that they were now friends, and he adopted Smith as his son, or a subordinate chief.
		Powhatan gave his consent to this, and the Englishmen departed, delighted at the prospect of the “peace-making” marriage, although they didn’t receive the full ransom.
	www.apva.org /history/pocahont.html (1252 words)

	Powhatan Language and the Powhatan Indian Tribe (Powatan, Powhatten, Powhattan)
		Language: The Powhatan language was an Algonkian tongue, also known as Virginia Algonkian, once spoken by dozens of tribes in tidewater Virginia.
		Though Powhatan is known today primarily as the father of the highly romanticized heroine Pocahontas, in fact he was a powerful leader who controlled most of eastern Virginia.
		The marriage of Pocahontas to a prominent settler was meant to ensure peace between the Powhatan and British Empires, but she and her father both died prematurely, and after a few ill-fated attempts at rebellion, the Powhatan Confederacy was destroyed by the British in 1644.
	www.native-languages.org /powhatan.htm (444 words)

	Longwood and Powhatan County Public Schools officially establish Longwood Powhatan Center
		The ceremony in the library at Powhatan High School was also attended by four other Longwood representatives: Kathy Worster, vice president for administration and finance, Dr. Judy Johnson, interim dean of the College of Education and Human Services, Dr. Chesler and Dr. Sue McCullough, dean of Graduate Studies.
		Powhatan school officials besides Dr. Meara who attended were Sandy Lynch, assistant superintendent for secondary instruction and gifted education, Paul Imig, assistant superintendent for business and finance operations, and Rick Cole, principal of Powhatan High School.
		Cormier noted the Powhatan schools' quality - their students are ranked 5th in the state at the division level on the End-of-Course SOL reading scores, and all five schools received full SOL accreditation for the 2004-2005 school year - and the attractive, spacious high school, which opened in the fall of 2003.
	www.longwood.edu /news/releases/powhatancenter.html (641 words)

	Powhatan News
		Powhatan County Supervisor C. Scott Daniel has been advised to disqualify himself from matters dealing with a planned state park because of his work at his parents' campground.
		State officials are sticking to their plan for access to a future riverfront park in Powhatan County despite objections from residents and county supervisors.
		Powhatan County sheriff's deputy Robert E. "Robbie" Green died in a crash late Wednesday as he attempted to join a pursuit of a driver who fled officers at a traffic checkpoint.
	www.topix.net /city/powhatan-va (587 words)

	Powhatan Bands
		Powhatan is just a few miles west of the capital city of Richmond, VA, and is a dynamic synthesis of modern society and rural community.
		Powhatan High School is pleased to offer one of the premier bands programs in the heart of Virginia.
		Powhatan's instrumental music program is a vibrant and growing organization filled with many performance opportunities covering the full spectrum of styles and time periods.
	www.powhatanbands.com (294 words)

	Pocahontas
		Powhatan let Pocahontas have Smith because he thought the white men might attack if they killed him.
		Powhatan was not pleased with these gifts because he wanted guns.
		Powhatan sent back many prisoners and promised friendship and corn, but he did not send back the guns.
	www.mce.k12tn.net /indians/famous/pocahontas.htm (703 words)

	Powhatan
		In May 1777, the Virginia General Assembly created the County of Powhatan out of land from the eastern portion of Cumberland County between the Appomattox and James Rivers.
		Powhatan County is named for an Indian chief. "Chief Powhatan," father of the famous Indian princess, Pocahontas.
		Powhatan was one of the greatest, and is today one of the best known of the Indian chiefs.
	www.newdominionrichmond.com /Subdivisions/powhatan.shtml (342 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| American History \| Powhatan Uprising of 1622
		So began the Powhatan Uprising of March 22, 1622, which claimed the lives of approximately 347 colonists and came perilously close to extinguishing England's most promising outpost in North America.
		With her at the Indian stronghold near present-day West Point, Virginia, were Mistress Jeffries, wife of Nathaniel Jeffries who survived the uprising, and Jane Dickenson, wife of Ralph Dickenson, an indentured servant slain in the assault.
		However, the Powhatans were allowed to plant spring corn to lessen their suspicions "that wee may follow their Example in destroying them.
	www.historynet.com /ah/blpowhatanuprising (2220 words)

	Chesapeake Bay - Native Americans - The Mariners' Museum
		They were one of the enemies of the Powhatans.
		It is one of few tribes east of the Mississippi that has continually made pottery since aboriginal Times.
		They have kept their dancing traditions alive through a group known as "The Rising Water Dancers." The tribe has approximately 750 members and was recognized by the Virginia General Assembly in 1983.
	www.mariner.org /chesapeakebay/native/nam028.html (538 words)

	Werowocomoco
		Traces of copper and glass beads found in surface collections at the site record the Powhatan Indians’; trade with English colonists – early colonial encounters at Werowocomoco documented by John Smith and other colonists in written accounts of the period.
		Small stains in the soil left by the posts of Powhatan houses also provide a sense of how Native communities organized their living space within a village.
		Early historical accounts of Werowocomoco mention that Chief Powhatans house was located a considerable distance from the river, raising the possibility that the pasture contained evidence of such a structure.
	powhatan.wm.edu /insideExcavations/index.htm (1923 words)

	Chief Powhatan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Chief Powhatan was the supreme ruler of most of the indigenous tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area from north of the Mattaponi River, a tributary of the York River, to the lands south of the James River.
		Chief Powhatan was the highest authority the colonists faced when dealing with the tribe.
		For at his feet, they present whatsoever he commandeth, and at the least frowne of his browe, their greatest spirits will tremble with feare: and no marvell, for he is very terrible and tryannous in punishing such as offend him.
	www.apva.org /ngex/chief.html (155 words)

	Powhatan Today - Your Community News Source©
		Powhatan Today is actively involved in your community with major sponsorships of events such as the Christmas Parade, Powhatan Village Run, Charity Golf Tournament, Relay for Life and scholarships to local schools.
		Eventhough Sara still is studying at VCU for her degree in advertising she is working hard to help you obtain customers by advertising you business card in Powhatan Today's Bulletin Board or Professional Directory section in the paper.
		She also is in charge of the Community Calendar and managing all the Birth, Engagement, Wedding, and Obituaries in the paper.
	www.powhatantoday.com /B-PTinfo/PTbody1.html (589 words)

	The Pocahontas Myth - Powhatan Renape Nation - the real story, not Disney's Distortion
		The truth of the matter is that the first time John Smith told the story about this rescue was 17 years after it happened, and it was but one of three reported by the pretentious Smith that he was saved from death by a prominent woman.
		It was only after her death and her fame in London society that Smith found it convenient to invent the yarn that she had rescued him.
		During Pocahontas' generation, Powhatan's people were decimated and dispersed and their lands were taken over.
	www.powhatan.org /pocc.html (681 words)

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