Wahunsonacock

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Wahunsonacock was the powerful paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy in early 17th-century Virginia and the father of Pocahontas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American leader
paramount chief
activeDuring founding of Jamestown
alsoKnownAs Chief Powhatan NERFINISHED
Powhatan NERFINISHED
approximateBirthDate c. 1547
approximateDeathDate c. 1618
associatedWithEvent Anglo–Powhatan Wars NERFINISHED
associatedWithPlace Jamestown, Virginia NERFINISHED
chiefOf Powhatan Confederacy NERFINISHED
child Cleopatra NERFINISHED
Kocoum NERFINISHED
Matachanna NERFINISHED
Nantaquas NERFINISHED
Opachisco NERFINISHED
Parahunt NERFINISHED
Pocahontas NERFINISHED
confederacy Powhatan Confederacy NERFINISHED
country Tsenacommacah NERFINISHED
culture Eastern Woodlands NERFINISHED
deathPlace Virginia NERFINISHED
engagedIn diplomacy with Jamestown colony
warfare with English settlers
ethnicity Powhatan NERFINISHED
fatherOf Pocahontas NERFINISHED
governanceStyle tributary chiefdom
governedNumberOfTribes about 30 tribes
governedOver Algonquian-speaking tribes in Tidewater Virginia
hadCapitalAt Werowocomoco NERFINISHED
knownFromSource English colonial records
language Powhatan language NERFINISHED
locatedIn Chesapeake Bay region NERFINISHED
coastal Virginia
notableFor being father of Pocahontas
interactions with English colonists at Jamestown
leadership of Powhatan Confederacy
opponentOf English colonists in Virginia
portrayedIn accounts of John Smith
positionHeld paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy
regionRuled Tidewater Virginia NERFINISHED
relative Opechancanough NERFINISHED
religion Powhatan spiritual beliefs
successor Opechancanough NERFINISHED
timePeriod early 17th century
title mamanatowick NERFINISHED
tribalAffiliation Powhatan people NERFINISHED

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Chief Powhatan alsoKnownAs Wahunsonacock