the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. The chief of the Powatan at that time, also named Powhatan, was father of Pocahontas. After Powhatan's...
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Wahunsenasawk." Many variants are used in texts: The place: Powhatan, Powatan, Powhaten, Pohetan, Powhattan, Poughwaton The description (meaning chief...
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USS Powhatan History United States Name USS Powhatan Namesake Powatan Builder Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia Cost $785,000 Laid down 6 August...
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SS Yorktown (section Powatan)
operated under the names SS Powhatan, SS Cuba, and SS Seneca. Renamed Powatan the ship began Norfolk, Virginia—Boston, Massachusetts service with the...
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president of a local Council is called "Pocahontas" and is assisted by a "Powatan", a male counselor. The immediate past president is called a "Prophetess"...
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"Hungary" River, Historians hold, however, that the name is derived from the Powatan word kahunge meaning "goose". The Honga was a historic center of the oyster...
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deep channel of the lower Chesapeake Bay. Both ships were damaged with Powatan beached with ship and cargo a total loss. Court findings were that Powhatan...
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Technology in the Powatan Confederacy was the culmination of years of experimentation and research into the lifeways of the Powatan people. While at Catholic...
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