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Powhatan, Chief (c. 1545 - 1618)

Alias Wahunsenacawh (Alias)

His proper name was Wahunsenacawh (variously spelled). He was the paramount chief of Tsenacommacah, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking nations, at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/71111 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan Relevant locations: Birth place in Tsenacommacah, Virginia
Lived at or near Tsenacommacah, Virginia
Title (royalty or holy order) Tsenacommacah, Virginia
 Relationships: Powhatan was a father-in-law of John Smith (bap. 1580-d. 1631)

Pocahontas (c. 1596-Mar 1617) was a daughter of Powhatan
References in Documents:
MS The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) 205 Basilica Pohatan Regis virginiani vestis, duabus cervorum cutibus consuta, & nummis indicis vulgò Roanokecoris dictis splendidè exornata. Royal robe of the Virginian King Powhatan, sewn together from two deer skins and splendidly adorned with Indian [shell] money known commonly as roanoke. MacGregor 1983, no. 12.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Pohatan, King of Virginia’s habit all embroidered with shells, or Roanoke.