"Powhatan" (also transcribed by Strachey as Paqwachowng), also spelled Powatan, is the name of the Native American village or town of Wahunsenacawh. The...

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...

Wahunsenasawk." Many variants are used in texts: The place: Powhatan, Powatan, Powhaten, Pohetan, Powhattan, Poughwaton The description (meaning chief...

USS Powhatan History United States Name USS Powhatan Namesake Powatan Builder Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia Cost $785,000 Laid down 6 August...

operated under the names SS Powhatan, SS Cuba, and SS Seneca. Renamed Powatan the ship began Norfolk, Virginia—Boston, Massachusetts service with the...

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"...

"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...

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...

Technology in the Powatan Confederacy was the culmination of years of experimentation and research into the lifeways of the Powatan people. While at Catholic...