It is called Powhatan, according to the name of a principall country that lyeth vpon it. From Wordnik.com. [The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from Their First Beginning, Ano: 1584. To This Present 1624. With the Procedings of Those Severall Colonies and the Accidents That Befell Them in All Their Journyes and Discoveries. Also the Maps and Descriptions of All Those Countryes, Their Commodities, People, Government, Customes, and Religion Yet Knowne. Divided into Sixe Bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith, Sometymes Governour in Those Countryes & Admirall of New England] Reference
As the Powhatan was a king then his daughter was a princess, and as such must be treated with all respect. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
Their chiefe ruler is called Powhatan, and taketh his name of his principall place of dwelling called Powhatan. From Wordnik.com. [The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from Their First Beginning, Ano: 1584. To This Present 1624. With the Procedings of Those Severall Colonies and the Accidents That Befell Them in All Their Journyes and Discoveries. Also the Maps and Descriptions of All Those Countryes, Their Commodities, People, Government, Customes, and Religion Yet Knowne. Divided into Sixe Bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith, Sometymes Governour in Those Countryes & Admirall of New England] Reference
That was undoubtedly the point of vantage, but The Powhatan was a much dreaded werowance and they dared not risk his ire. From Wordnik.com. [The Princess Pocahontas] Reference
For remedie whereof he presently sent to Powhatan to sell him the place called Powhatan, promising to defend him against the Monacans. From Wordnik.com. [The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from Their First Beginning, Ano: 1584. To This Present 1624. With the Procedings of Those Severall Colonies and the Accidents That Befell Them in All Their Journyes and Discoveries. Also the Maps and Descriptions of All Those Countryes, Their Commodities, People, Government, Customes, and Religion Yet Knowne. Divided into Sixe Bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith, Sometymes Governour in Those Countryes & Admirall of New England] Reference
Cumberland Board of Supervisors Chairman William F. Osl Jr. called Powhatan's decision to withdraw "extremely disappointing.". From Wordnik.com. [News for Richmond Times-Dispatch] Reference
The "Powhatan," another of Captain Perry's squadron, and the. From Wordnik.com. [The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
"For," he gravely pointed out, "if the Powhatan was a king and. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
"This is Nantauquas 'friend, and so the friend of all the tribes that called Powhatan' father. '. From Wordnik.com. [To Have and to Hold] Reference
He played the song "Powhatan" over and over again, so many times that Neimat memorized the tune. From Wordnik.com. [tennessean.com - Top News from The Tennessean, MUSIC CITY U.S.A] Reference
Transferred to U.S. S. "Powhatan," a transport ship and then to receiving ship at Hampton Roads, Va. From Wordnik.com. [Tar-Heel War Record (In the Great World War)] Reference
From "Powhatan", as a gift to the University, came also the library of the family begun over a century ago. From Wordnik.com. [Second Annual Report of the Archivist, Library of the University of Virginia, for the Year 1931-32] Reference
John Taliaferro afterward settled near Williamsburg and established "Powhatan" and became the progenitor of the. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Caroline County, Virginia] Reference
"Powhatan," one of "the emperor's" residences, he and his guide sank into the morass and were fired upon from the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
Powhatan was only waiting for the right moment to kill him. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Powhatan at his seat Werowocomoco on the Pamunkey (York) River. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
Powhatan Landing two regiments of the same brigade have landed. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Powhatan, would return to give the colonists an abundance of corn. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Long and earnestly Powhatan talked to her, and she listened intently. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Thomas Salvage, whom Powhatan adopted as his son, and in exchange gave. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
The next morning Powhatan came back, and was told Captain Smith's errand. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Powhatan received the invitation in silence and smoked a long time before answering. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Werewocomoco, leading a captive white man to Powhatan for inspection and for sentence. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Powhatan gave the fatal signal -- the clubs quivered in the hands of the executioners. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
The warriors, about two hundred in number, were ranged on each side of Powhatan, and the. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
Virginia, where Powhatan, the mighty "Werowance," or ruler over thirty tribes, was living. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
It may have been also that Powhatan was beginning to distrust her friendship with the white men. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
It was through their love and trust alone that Powhatan and Pocahontas lost their forest dominions. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
Argall went on a foraging expedition near the home of Powhatan, and enticed Pocahontas on board his vessel. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
Suddenly Powhatan appeared before him, fantastically dressed, followed by two hundred warriors as weirdly decorated as he was. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Those beads were the favorite possession of Kings and Queens in other countries, why should they be sold to Powhatan? he asked. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
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