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Dec 22, 2021 · Opechancanough was paramount chief of Tsenacomoco, a political alliance of Virginia Indians, and famously led massive assaults against the English colonists in 1622 and 1644.
- The Indian Prince and The Jesuits
- Virginia’s First Indian Wars
- The Massive 1622 Attack on Jamestown
- The English Kept Coming
Following his abduction, Paquiquineo—reputed to be the brother of Powhatan, principal chief of a confederacy of Algonquian-speaking tribes—was transported across the Atlantic to the court of King Philip II in Madrid. A deeply religious man, Philip oversaw an immense empire of recently conquered territory in the West Indies and Central and South Ame...
As one of a very select few Native Americans who had traveled across the Atlantic—and returned—Don Luís understood better than his peers the grave, looming threat Europeans posed, whether from Spain or elsewhere. His awareness likely played a major role in encouraging his brother, Chief Powhatan, to begin building a massive chiefdom encompassing mo...
Opechancanough, applying lessons learned in his encounters with the Spanish, adopted a very different strategy than his brother’s, one that avoided pitched battles with well-armed English soldiers. Instead, he reassured the English of his good intentions and held out the likelihood his people would convert to Protestantism. Taking this approach, he...
Meanwhile, Opechancanough continued planning. In the summer of 1622, he sent messengers with gifts to the chief of the Patawomecks, a powerful people living on the Potomac River, urging him to join his war against the settlers, boasting that “before the end of two Moons there should not be an Englishman in all their Countries.” By destroying planta...
Opechancanough (/ oʊ p ə ˈ tʃ æ n k ə n oʊ /; 1554–1646) was paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy in present-day Virginia from 1618 until his death. He had been a leader in the confederacy formed by his older brother Powhatan , from whom he inherited the paramountcy.
- Shot in the back while a prisoner
- Anglo-Powhatan Wars
- Opitchipam
Opechancanough quickly becomes a part of the English’s Jamestown story after encountering Captain John Smith shortly after the arrival of the English in 1607. Smith was captured by a winter hunting party led by Opechancanough near the mouth of the Chickahominy River in December of that year.
Mar 12, 2008 · Opechancanough - YouTube. Perry McSherry. 35 subscribers. 24. 7.1K views 15 years ago. ...more. A musical account (translated from the original Algonkian) of the 1622 Massacre, in which Powhatan...
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