The son of Pocahontas, Thomas Rolfe lived a somewhat turbulent life caught between two worlds, perhaps beginning with ...

JAMESTOWN, Va. — The powerful American Indian chief, known as Powhatan, had refused the English settlers’ demands to return stolen guns and swords at Jamestown, Va., so the English retaliated.

Pieced together by two of the most powerful chiefs of the era, Powhatan and his brother Opechancanough, the chiefdom was constructed as a means of defending their territories from invasions by ...

When Europeans arrived in Virginia, Werowocomoco’s version of King Priam was named Wahunsenacawh, also known as Chief Powhatan. His capital city and the vicinity became the locus of interactions that ...

The ditches appear to surround Werowocomoco's eastern half, dividing the village into what experts believe is a religious or restricted area where the chief (also called Powhatan) and other high ...

Capt. John Smith and Chief Powhatan had historic encounters in Werowocomoco. Stan Fellows Trudging through swamp mud on a cold February day in 1608, Capt. John Smith and a small band of armed men ...

When she "rescued" Smith, she was actually adopting him into the tribe as her brother and Chief Powhatan's son. The popular version of the Pocahontas story begins with John Smith's writings about ...

Afte rmore than 400 years, Paramount Chief Powhatan can rest in peace because Werowocomoco, his seat of spiritual and secular authority, is in the hands of respectful stewards of the land.

arrowheads and other artifacts has led scientists to identify what they believe is the location of the village of the powerful American Indian chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. Researchers ...

Moose said Vivian Kesler was inspired to hire him to create the statue after she took a trip to Gwynn Island on the Chesapeake Bay, the same region Chief Powhatan lived over 400 years ago ...