Chief Powhatan
Tribal chief, Deceased Person
1545 – 1618
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Who was Chief Powhatan?
Chief Powhatan, whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh, was the paramount chief of Tsenacommacah, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607.
Powhatan, who led the main political and military power facing the early colonists, was probably the older brother of Opechancanough, who led attacks against the English in 1622 and 1644. He was the father of Pocahontas, who eventually converted to Christianity and married the settler John Rolfe.
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- Born
- Jun 17, 1545
Virginia - Also known as
- Wahunsenacawh
- Wahunsunacock
- Siblings
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Powhatan Tribe
- Profession
- Died
- 1618
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on July 23, 2013
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