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    attack on the Secotan; Wingina was decapitated during the attack by one of Lane's men. This attack and crime doomed the Roanoke colony. Before the first...
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    Roanoke Island would no longer be safe for English settlers, following the hostilities between Lane's men and the Secotan, and the death of Wingina....
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    was loyal to the Secotan. In 1584, Wingina was their king. Roanoke Island was the site of the 16th-century Roanoke Colony, the first English colony in...
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    attempted to land English settlers on Roanoke island. When war between the Secotan and the English began, King Wingina used the village as his base of operations...
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    River Rappahannock Mountain Roanoke County City of Roanoke District of Roanoke Roanoke River Roanoke Creek Roanoke Valley Roanoke Mountain Shenandoah County...
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    the Neusiok in their 1584 expedition. In one account, Wingina, Weroance of the Secotan (Roanoke), explained his own tribal history, in relation to the...
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  • the Secotan tribe, led by their king's brother Granganimeo. Their king Wingina was unable to be there because of a leg wound sustained during a battle...
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    related to an Algonquin phrase, Wingandacoa or Windgancon, or leader's name, Wingina, as heard by the expedition. The name initially applied to the entire coastal...
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    Carolina, and they returned with word of a regional native chief named "Wingina." This name was given to the territory, and was shortly renamed "Virginia"...
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    Carolina coast. They returned with word of a regional king (weroance) named Wingina, who ruled a land supposedly called Wingandacoa. "Virginia" was originally...
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