Powhatan (Native American leader), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Paramount chief of Tsenacommacah
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About Powhatan (Native American leader)
- Powhatan (c.
- 1547 – c.
- 1618), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (alternately spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock or Wahunsonacock), was the leader of the Powhatan, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking people living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607. Powhatan, alternately called "King" or "Chief" Powahatan by the English, led the main political and military power facing the early colonists, was probably the older brother of Opchanacanough, who led attacks against the English in 1622 and 1644.
- He was the father of Pocahontas.
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