- werowance
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werowance — noun A chief of an American Indian tribe in colonial Virginia and Maryland. they stirred not from vs, but walked vp and downe, by and amongst vs, the best of them inquiring for our Weroance or king, with whom they would gladly consult to know the … Wiktionary
werowance — ˈwerəˌwan(t)s noun ( s) Etymology: Delaware (Virginia dialect) wirowántĕsu, literally, he is rich, from wiro to be rich : an Indian chief of Virginia or Maryland; broadly : a No. American Indian chief … Useful english dictionary
Virginia-Algonkin — Verbreitung der Stämme in Virginia um 1610. Die Virginia Algonkin sind eine Gruppe kulturell verwandter Indianerstämme und lebten zu Beginn des 17. Jahrhundert an den von den Gezeiten betroffenen Flüssen Virginias an der Ostküste Nordamerikas.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Edward Maria Wingfield — Captain Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as Edward Maria Wingfield , (born 1550 in Stonely, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire), England; died in 1631) [Date of Birth Burial. Birth: 1550: E150/102, p.3 Exchequer Copy (English), Lists … Wikipedia
Piscataway Indian Nation — The Piscataway Indian Nation is a non state, non federally recognized Native American tribal nation, which, at one time, was one of the most populous and powerful Native polities of the Chesapeake Bay region. By the early seventeenth century, the … Wikipedia
Piscataway tribe — This article is about the historical Native American tribe. For one of the contemporary tribes, see Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory. Piscataway Total population Approximately 4,103 Piscataway Indian Nation: 103[1] Piscataway Conoy… … Wikipedia
Chief Powhatan — Chief Powhatan, detail of map published by John Smith (1612) Died 1618 Occupation paramount chief of Tsenacommacah, an alliance of Algonqui … Wikipedia
Weroance — A weroance is an Algonquian word meaning tribal chief, leader, commander, or king, notably among the Powhatan confederacy of the Virginia coast and Chesapeake Bay region. The Powhatan Confederacy, encountered by the colonists of Jamestown and… … Wikipedia
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Native American tribes in Virginia — Estimated linguistic divisions ca. AD 1565. Green is Algonquian, orange is Iroquoian, and olive is Siouan language. This page details the history and current status of Indian tribes in the Commonwealth of Virginia. All of the Commonwealth of… … Wikipedia
