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Powhatan (Native American leader)
Powhatan
(died 1618), whose proper name was
Wahunsenacawh
(alternately spelled
Wahunsenacah
,
Wahunsunacock
or
Wahunsonacock
), was the
paramount chief
of
Tsenacommacah
, an
alliance
of
Algonquian-speaking
Virginia Indians
in the
Tidewater region of Virginia
at the time English settlers landed at
Jamestown
in 1607.
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