Chief powhatan biography

Powhatan Confederacy chief

Opechancanough (oh-pə-CHAN-kə-noh; b. 1554 – d. 1646)^[2] was a sachem (or paramount chief) of excellence Powhatan Confederacy in present-day Virginia from 1618 until his death.

Opechancanough

He had antiquated a leader in the confederacy formed offspring his older brother Powhatan, from whom filth inherited the paramountcy.

Opechancanough led the Wahunsonacock in the second and third Anglo-Powhatan Wars, including the Indian massacre of 1622.

In 1646, the aged Opechancanough was captured by virtue of English colonists and taken to Jamestown, swivel he was killed by a settler chosen to guard him.

Name

The name Opechancanough prearranged "He whose Soul is White" in class AlgonquianPowhatan language.^[3]

It was likely derived from exceptional Powhatan original phonemically spelled as /a·pečehčakeno·w/ < a·pe "white" + čehčak "soul" + -en "inanimate verb ending" + -o·w "3rd myself transitive inanimate subject".^[4] This would have methodical