FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Wakamoko
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Jamestown
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Washington DC
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Werowocomoco
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Detailed explanation-1: -Werowocomoco-translated in the general sense from the Virginia Algonquian language as “place of leadership”-was the residence of a powerful political and spiritual leader known as Powhatan. His daughter Pocahontas could be found there too.
Detailed explanation-2: -Werowocomoco had been an important Powhatan Indian town for hundreds of years before English settlers established Jamestown. The site is located along the York River’s Purtan Bay, in Gloucester County, Virginia. Werowocomoco, translated from the Virginian Algonquian language, means “place of leadership”.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Powhatan Indian lands encompassed all of the tidewater Virginia area, from the south side of the James River north to the Potomac River, and parts of the Eastern Shore, an area they called Tsenacommacah. Its span was approximately 100 miles by 100 miles.
Detailed explanation-4: -About Werowocomoco Archaeological Site Werowocomoco was a town that served as the headquarters of the Powhatan, a Virginia Algonquian political and spiritual leader when the English founded Jamestown in 1607.