Wahunsenacawh (Chief Powhatan)

Chief Powhatan (c. June 17, 1545 – c. 1618), whose proper name is Wahunsenacawh or (in 17th century English spelling) Wahunsunacock, is the leader of the Powhatan (also spelled Powatan and Powhaten), a powerful tribe of Virginia Indians, as well as an associated confederacy of numerous tribes speaking Algonquian languages, known as the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom.

He lives in Tenakomakah— which is now Tidewater Virginia—at the time of the first English-Native encounters.

The Powhatan is the father of Pocahontas and other children.

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