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Werowocomoco was a village that served as the headquarters of Chief Powhatan, a Virginia Algonquian political and spiritual leader when the English founded Jamestown in 1607. The name Werowocomoco comes from the Powhatan werowans , meaning "leader" in English; and komakah (-comoco), "settlement".
Powhatan's central village, Werowocomoco, is believed to have been located in Gloucester County, Virginia. The Werowocomoco Archeological Site has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
The English colonists described Werowocomoco as only 15 miles (24 km) as the crow flies from Jamestown, but they also described as 25 miles (40 km) downstream from present-day West Point, measurements which conflict with each other.
Werowocomoco was abandoned, and the location of the dramatic confrontations between Smith and Powhatan that ensured the English foothold in North America was lost to history.
Powhatan in a longhouse at Werowocomoco (detail of John Smith map, 1612) The Powhatan people ( / ˌpaʊhəˈtæn, ˈhætən /; [1]) are Native Americans who belong to member tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy, or Tsenacommacah. They are Algonquian peoples whose historic territories were in eastern Virginia.
11. Dez. 2023 · Beyond the story of Powhatan, Pocahontas, and Captain John Smith, Werowocomoco holds countless untold lessons about American Indian societies in the Chesapeake stretching back thousands of years. Duration: 10 minutes, 15 seconds.
The unique topography of Werowocomoco reveals why the location had been a vital site to Virginia Indians for thousands of years. Werowocomoco sits on a high bluff on the north side of the York River. From the bluff, it was easy to see who was traveling on the river and detect anyone approaching Werowocomoco by water.
