. Bulletin. Ethnology. rs., in King William co., being estimated by Smith in 1608 to number nearly 300 warriors, or perhaps a total of 1,000 souls. Their principal town, destroyed by the English in 1625, was probably not far from the present West Point. They took a leading part in the early wars with the English up to the death of Opechanca- nough (q. v.), and in consequence were among the greatest' sufferers. In 1654 they suffered another heavy loss in the death of their chief Totopotomoi (), with nearly 100 of his warriors, who had marched to the assistance of the English in repelling an
. Bulletin. Ethnology. rs., in King William co., being estimated by Smith in 1608 to number nearly 300 warriors, or perhaps a total of 1,000 souls. Their principal town, destroyed by the English in 1625, was probably not far from the present West Point. They took a leading part in the early wars with the English up to the death of Opechanca- nough (q. v.), and in consequence were among the greatest' sufferers. In 1654 they suffered another heavy loss in the death of their chief Totopotomoi (), with nearly 100 of his warriors, who had marched to the assistance of the English in repelling an invasion of the mountain tribes. In 1675 their "queen," known as Queen Anne (), widow of Totopo- tomoi, again furnished help against the frontier raiders in Bacon's rebellion. For. At the time of the first settlement of Vir- ginia they occupied the territory about the junction of the Pamunkey and Mattapony TERRILL BRADBY IN DANCE COSTUME—PAMUNKE her services on this occasion she received special recognition from the English gov- ernment. In 1722, when the Pamunkey last appear in a public treaty, they were said to number only about 200. In 1781 Jefferson reported them to number only about 60, of tolerably pure blood, but this estimate is probably"too low. They were then occupying a state reservation of about 300 acres in a bend of Pamunkey r., in King William co., opposite \Vhite House. Quite a number at that time re- tained their language. They still occupy the same reservation and keep up their tribal organization under state super- vision, with a mixed-blood population of about 140. They live chiefly by fishing, with some small farming, and have entirely lost their language and original characteristics. (j. M.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution.
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