(Powhatan), Head of the Powhatan Ferderation of tribes Wahunsenacawh

(Powhatan), Head of the Powhatan Ferderation of tribes Wahunsenacawh

Male 1545 - 1618  (72 years)

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  • Name (Powhatan), Wahunsenacawh 
    Title Head of the Powhatan Ferderation of tribes 
    Born 17 Jun 1545  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Apr 1618 
    Person ID I31662  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father Powhatan, Great,   b. Abt 1520 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F11860  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Powhatan, Pocahontas Matoaka (Rebecca Powhatan),   b. 1595,   d. 1677  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     2. Powhatan, dau. of Pamunkey Chief  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F11768  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In A True Relation of such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Happened in Virginia (1608), Smith described Powhatan thus: "...their Emperor proudly [lay] upon a bedstead a foot high upon ten or twelve mats, richly hung with many chains of great pearls about his neck, and covered with a great covering of Rahaughcums [raccoon skins]. At his head sat a woman, at his feet another, on each side, sitting upon a mat upon the ground, were ranged his chief men on each side [of] the fire, ten in a rank, and behind them as many young women, each a great chain of white beads over their shoulders, their heads painted in red, and [he] with such a grave a majestical countenance as drove me into admiration to see such state in a naked savage."[

  • Sources 
    1. [S1040] The Monteith family and the Potomac Indians, William L Deyo, (Name: DeJoux Publications; Location: Colonial Beach, Virginia; Date: 2001;).