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title	:	Pocahontas's People : The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries Civilization of the American Indian Series ; [V. 196]
author	:	Rountree, Helen C.
publisher	:	University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0806128496
print isbn13	:	9780806128498
ebook isbn13	:	9780585154251
language	:	English
subject	Powhatan Indians--History.
publication date	:	1996
lcc	:	E99.P85R67 1996eb
ddc	:	975.5/004973
subject	:	Powhatan Indians--History.

Page iii Pocahontas's People The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries By Helen C. Rountree University of Oklahoma Press : Norman and London

Page iv By Helen C. Rountree The Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture (Norman, 1989) Pocahontas's People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries (Norman, 1990) In memory of Mildred Ellen Clark Rountree and Henning Ainsworth Rountree, Jr. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rountree, Helen C., 1944 Pocahontas's people : the Powhatan Indians of Virginia through four centuries / by Helen C. Rountree. 1st ed. p. cm. (The Civilization of the American Indian series; no. 196) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8061-2280-3 (cloth) ISBN 0-8061-2849-6 (paper) 1. Powhatan Indians History.I. Title.II. Series E99.P85R67 1990 975.5'004973 dc2090-33598 CIP The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. Copyright 1990 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First edition, 1990. First paperback printing, 1996. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Page v Contents Preface ix Prologue The Powhatan Indian Way of Life in 1607 3 1 Before the English Came 15 2 Watching a Struggling Colony 29 3 Powhatan's Last, Ineffectual Years 56 4 Opechancanough's Regime 66 5 A Declining Minority 89 6 The Powhatans as Minority Persons 128 7 A Century of Culture Change 144 8 People Who Refused to Vanish 187 9 The Racial Integrity Fight 219 10 The Further Rise of Powhatan Activism 243 Epilogue Ethnic Identity Among the Powhatan Indians of Virginia 269 Notes 279 Bibliography 363 Index 389

Page vii Illustrations 1 Family record of an English-Nansemond marriage 85 2 The Pamunkey Silver Badge 95 3 The "Queen of Pamunkey's Frontlet" 102 4 Detail of the Anthony Langston map 111 5 Man in a matchcoat and crown 148 6 The writing of a William and Mary Indian scholar: Robert Mursh's family record

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