How To Use Powhatan In A Sentence
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Powhatan, for the purchase of his place called Powhatan, which he was willing to accept; but the disorderly spirits he had sent thither, who were dreaming that the country immediately above them was full of gold, to which they wished no one to have access but themselves, refused the place or to ratify the contract, despising alike his kindness and his authority.
Historical collections of Virginia
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This was the "Powhatan" of the Indians; and no true lover of Virginia can cease to deplore the change which robbed this graceful stream of a title pregnant with all the associations of Indian valor and of the departed glory of their empire, and bestowed a name that can only recall a royal pedant and a timid despot!
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
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To place him more advantageously the President sent to Powhatan, offering to buy the place called Powhatan, promising to defend him against the Monacans, to pay him in copper, and make a general alliance of trade and friendship.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
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The Mattaponi are decedents of Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas and ruler of large portions of what is now tidewater Virginia.
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The Powhatan also knew the Susquehannock whom they called cannibals from painful experience, and when the English first settled Virginia, the Powhatan had placed their villages well inland to protect them from Susquehannock war parties who ranged the coastline by canoes.
History of American Women
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The feast at an end, Powhatan called his councilors to his side, and while they were in earnest debate Captain Smith knew only too well that his fate was hanging in the balance.
Ten American Girls From History
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These new English settlers looked and acted very differently from Powhatan's tribe.
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That was undoubtedly the point of vantage, but The Powhatan was a much dreaded werowance and they dared not risk his ire.
The Princess Pocahontas
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In fact, Rountree's role in securing state recognition for nonreservation tribes was primarily applied toward the Powhatan groups.
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The marriage stabilized relations between the English and Powhatans until after her death.
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In 1998 and 1999, a 17-year-old male held at Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center in Powhatan County was investigated by state police for sex offenses with female staff there.
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Obtaining there a good supply of food from the Indians, they returned to the Jamestown settlement, about forty miles up the river, then called Powhatan, now known as the James.
The end of an era,
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As the Powhatan was a king then his daughter was a princess, and as such must be treated with all respect.
This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States
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To place him more advantageously the President sent to Powhatan, offering to buy the place called Powhatan, promising to defend him against the
Captain John Smith
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These new English settlers looked and acted very differently from Powhatan's tribe.
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President, to the Falls, to the little Powhatan, where, unknown to me, he sold me to him for a town called Powhatan; and, leaving me with him, the little Powhatan, he made known to Capt.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
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To Powhatan ample presents were made of penny-knives, shears, and toys, and he invited them to visit him at one of his seats called Powhatan, which was within a mile of the Falls, where now stands the city of
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
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Smith, our President, to the Falls, to the little Powhatan, where, unknown to me, he sold me to him for a town called Powhatan; and, leaving me with him, the little
Captain John Smith
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He presided over the Powhatan empire at the time the English established the Jamestown Colony (1607).
