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Anglo-Powhatan Wars. Opechancanough ( /oʊpəˈtʃænkənoʊ/; 1554–1646) was the main chief of the Powhatan People. He followed his older brother Powhatan. He captured Captain John Smith. Opechancanough led the Powhatans in the Second and Third Anglo-Powhatan Wars. His tactics were not that diplomactic. He was captured and killed by the ...
2 de mar. de 2021 · La masacre indígena de 1622 fue un ataque a los asentamientos de la Colonia de Virginia por parte de las tribus de la Confederación Powhatan bajo el mando de su líder Opchanacanough (1554-1646) y su...
- Joshua J. Mark
- Jamestown & Powhatan Confederacy
- Peace of Pocahontas
- Lead-Up to The Massacre
- The Massacre
- Aftermath & Response
- Conclusion
The Jamestown Colony of Virginiawas established by the English in 1607 and fairly quickly came into conflict with the native tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy. These tribes had lived on the land which they knew as Tsenacommacah (“densely populated land”) for thousands of years, establishing cultural traditions linked to the area. The Spanish arriv...
The natives were better guerilla fighters and their weapons of the bow and arrow more effective than the colonists’ muskets which took more time to reload than it took a native archer to notch another arrow. The colonists, however, had a seemingly infinite supply of people who kept arriving to replace those who had been killed while the tribes of t...
Pocahontas, Rolfe, and their young son, Thomas Rolfe (l. 1615 - c. 1680) left for England on a promotional tour to generate further investment in the colony in 1616. Pocahontas died in 1617 as they were on their way back to Virginia, and Thomas was left in the care of Rolfe’s brother in England. Chief Powhatan kept the peace in honor of his grandso...
At about that same time, he and his brother Opitchapam took “war names” in preparation for the attack and called on the tribes to participate in a ceremony honoring the life of Wahunsenacah. This event stirred no suspicion among the colonists at the time but, later, they came to believe this was a pretense under which Chief Powhatan was able to bri...
At this point, Opchanacanough could have easily finished the survivors off. Those outside of Jamestown would have been easy enough to kill as they had no defenses, and Jamestown could have been set on fire with fleeing colonists then killed as they tried to escape; instead, he did nothing but wait for a response. It was his hope that this response ...
News of the massacre had reached England by June of 1622 and King James I of England(r. 1603-1625) was outraged. He dissolved the Virginia Company and took direct control of the colony through a Royal Charter, claiming he was better able to protect the colonists than the company had been. Whether James I actually meant this is unknown; it is just a...
- Joshua J. Mark
15 de feb. de 2021 · En diciembre de 1607, Smith fue apresado por Opchanacanough (1554-1646), medo hermano de Wahunsenacah. Smith describe el suceso en un relato de 1608 y cuenta cómo fue llevado a varias aldeas antes de ser presentado a Wahunsenacah en la capital de Werowocomoco y tratado como un invitado de honor.
- Joshua J. Mark
Opechancanough or Opchanacanough (1554–1646) was a tribal chief within the Powhatan Confederacy of what is now Virginia in the United States, and its paramount chief from sometime after 1618 until his death in 1646.
Opechancanough or Opchanacanough was a chief of the Powhatan tribe of what is now Virginia in the United States. He became chief after the death of his elder brother, Wahunsonacock . He gave up on diplomacy with the English settlers of Virginia and twice tried to force them to abandon the region, in 1622 and 1644 .
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