What was chief powhatan known for
Powhatan tribe today.
When was chief powhatan born
Powhatan (Native American leader)
Leader of the Powhatan Confederacy (c. –c. )
Powhatan (c. – c. ), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (alternately spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock, or Wahunsonacock), was the leader of the Powhatan, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time when English settlers landed at Jamestown in
Powhatan, alternately called "King" or "Chief" Powhatan by English settlers, led the main political and military power facing the early colonists, and was probably the older brother of Opechancanough, who led attacks against the settlers in and He was the father of Matoaka (Pocahontas).
Name
In , the English colonists were introduced to Wahunsenacawh as Powhatan and understood this latter name to come from Powhatan's hometown near the falls of the James River near present-day Richmond, Virginia.[2]
Seventeenth-century English spellings were not standar
