While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
The tribes, in the order of their
location on Smith's map, were as follows: Tauxenent, Fairfax county Potomac, Stafford and King
George counties Cuttatawomen, King George county Pissasec, King George and Richmond counties Onawmanieut, Westmoreland counties Rappahannock, Richmond counties Moraughtacund, Lancaster and Richmond counties Secacawoni, Northumberland
counties Wicocomoco, Northumberland counties Nantaughtacund, Essex and Caroline counties Mattapony, Mattapony rivers Mummapacune, York rivers (mentioned by
Strachey); Pamunkey, King Williameo Werowocomoco, Gloucester counties; Fiankatank, Piankatank rivers; Pataunck (mentioned by Strachey) Youghtanund, Pamunkey rivers Chickahominy, Chickahominy rivers Powhatan, Henrico counties Arrohattoc, Henrico counties Weanoc, Charles City counties Paspahegh, Charles City and James City counties Chiskiac, York county Kecoughtan, Elizabeth City county Appomattoc, Chesterfield county Quioucohanoc, Surry county Warrasqueoc, Isle of Wight county Nansemond, Nansemond county Chesapeake, Princess Anne county Accohanoc, Accomac and Northampton counties Accomac, Northampton county
Several other names appear in later times as the broken
tribes formed new combinations.
Powhatan. The tribe which gave name to the Powhatan confederacy. Its
territory was in what is now Henrico County, Va., and the tribe numbered
about 150 in 1608. The chief of the tribe at the time the English
commenced the settlement at Jamestown was called Wahunsonacock, but was
commonly known to the whites as Powhatan from his place of residence, and
the name was extended to the confederacy.
