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Weapemeoc Indian Tribe
Location
Weapemeoc. Meaning unknown,
but evidently a place name.
Also called:
Yeopim, a shortened and more usual form.
Connections
The Weapemeoc
were almost certainly of the Algonquian linguistic family and related to
the
Powhatan Indians the
north and the Chowan, Machapunga, and Pamlico to the south.
Location
Most of the present Currituck,
Camden, Pasquotank, and Perquimans Counties, and part of Chowan County north of
Albemarle Sound.
Subdivisions
In the same section in later
times are given the following tribes which must be regarded as subdivisions of
the Weapemeoc:
Pasquotank, on Pasquotank River.
Perquiman, on Perquimans River.
Poteskeet, location uncertain.
Yeopim, or Weapemeoc proper, on Yeopim River.
Villages
Chepanoc, on Albemarle Sound in Perquimans County.
Mascoming, on the north shore of Albemarle Sound, in Chowan County.
Metachkwem, location unknown.
Pasquenock, perhaps identical with Pasquotank, on the north shore of
Albemarle Sound, perhaps in Camden County.
Weapemeoc, probably in Pasquotank County.
History
The Weapemeoc
first appear in history in the narratives of the Raleigh colony of
1585-86. Later they are spoken of under the various subdivisional names.
They parted with some of their land in 1662. In 1701, according to Lawson
(1860), only 6 of the Yeopim survived though there were 40 warriors of the
other subdivisions, including 10 Pasquotank and 30 Potekeet.
Population
In the time of the Raleigh colony
the Weapemeoc are said to have had between 700 and 800
warriors. They were estimated by Mooney (1928) at 800 in 1600. From their
number as given by Lawson in 1701 Rights (1947) estimates 200 at that
date.
Connection in which they have become noted
In the form Yeopim the name has
been preserved in that of a railroad station in Perquimans County, N. C.
Additional Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of
American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing
has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual
output.
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