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The English attack, and their murder of …
Years: 1611 - 1611
February
The English attack, and their murder of elite native women and children, ignites the First Anglo-Powhatan War.
Wowinchopunk is mortally wounded in a skirmish near the Jamestown fort, in February 1611.
His followers soon thereafter avenge his death by luring several colonists out of the fort and killing them.
The bulk of the broken tribe appear to have merged with the other chiefdoms, owever, and they disappear from the historical record at this point.
Subsequent use of the word Paspahegh in documents is mainly in reference to their former territory.
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Years: 1611 - 1611
February
Locations
People
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- Powhatan (Amerind tribe)
- London Company, The (also called the Virginia Company of London)
- Virginia (English Colony)
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions