| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Powhatan |
(pou´´ t n´) (KEY) , d. 1618, Native North American chief of the Powhatan tribe in Virginia, whose personal name was Wahunsonacock. He greatly extended the dominion of the Powhatan Confederacy and after the marriage (1614) of his daughter Pocahontas to John Rolfe kept peace with the English colonists. |
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