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Werowocomoco

Werowocomoco was the chief town of Wahunsenacah, paramount chief of the Powhatan, on the north bank of the York River in Virginia. John Smith was brought there as a captive in 1607, and Wahunsenacah left it for a more distant seat in 1609. Archaeologists confirmed the site in Gloucester County in the early 2000s, and the US National Park Service acquired it in 2016.

Werowocomoco
Image: engraved by William Hole · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Powhatan Confederacy

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Werowocomoco. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/werowocomoco
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