. Outdoor life and Indian stories : making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping ... : also stories of noted hunters and scouts, great Indians and warriors ... all of them true and interesting . THE POWHATAN LEAGUE 41 do. The Powhatans lived in the lowland region, reachingfrom the Carolinas on the south to the Patuxent on the north,and between the sea to the falls of the rivers. They had moretribes than either of the other families, ten being between thePotomac and the Rappahannock ; five between the Ra
. Outdoor life and Indian stories : making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping ... : also stories of noted hunters and scouts, great Indians and warriors ... all of them true and interesting . THE POWHATAN LEAGUE 41 do. The Powhatans lived in the lowland region, reachingfrom the Carolinas on the south to the Patuxent on the north,and between the sea to the falls of the rivers. They had moretribes than either of the other families, ten being between thePotomac and the Rappahannock ; five between the Rappahan-nock and the York ; eight between the York and James ; andfive between the James and the Carolinas. The Powhatan League was one of the most powerful onthe continent and occupied what is now Henrico county, onthe shores of the James, and about two days journey fromJamestown. You wiK see that the head of this league or confederacyruled over thousands of warriors, most of whom he had con-quered and compelled to accept him as sovereign, whosewill the bravest under-chief dared not dispute. In order togive him his proper importance, historians generally refer tohim as Emperor, a title which it would seem was is known as Powhatan, which is the same as his specialtribe
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