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 1545 - 1618 (72 years)
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| Name |
(Powhatan), Wahunsenacawh |
| Title |
Head of the Powhatan Ferderation of tribes |
| Birth |
17 Jun 1545 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Apr 1618 |
| Person ID |
I31662 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
20 Dec 2024 |
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| 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."[
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| Sources |
- [S1040] William L Deyo, The Monteith family and the Potomac Indians, (Name: DeJoux Publications; Location: Colonial Beach, Virginia; Date: 2001;).
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