But Jamestown proved to be neither paradise ... the powerful leader of the Powhatan Indians—to bargain for food. The colonists were ambushed, Ratcliffe was taken prisoner and tortured to death ...

And the fighting continued. Soon after constructing the fort at Jamestown, two hundred Powhatan Indians unexpectedly attacked the new settlers, who had not yet unpacked their guns. By 1609 ...

Radiocarbon analysis revealed that they were created in the 13th century—predating Jamestown by some 400 years. Since historians long assumed that Powhatan founded Werowocomoco, the age of the ...

The Powhatan (Pow-a-tan) Indians of eastern Virginia were made ... Chief Powhatan had the men and the means to kill everyone at Jamestown, putting at least temporarily an end to the English ...

[Editor's Note: The Indian people the Jamestown colonists encountered were known by the same name as their chief, Powhatan.] Q: According to John Smith's account of the famous event—when ...

In December 1607, six months after the founding of the English settlement of Jamestown, Capt. John Smith was captured by a relative of Powhatan, the leader of a chiefdom based in what is now eastern ...

On April 5, 2010, an explosion in a coal mine near Montcoal, in West Virginia's Raleigh County, killed 29 workers.

The Powhatan Indians have a really good girls lacrosse team. Experience, skill, chemistry, depth — the Indians have it all, and it’s made them one of the most dominant teams in the state.

Powhatan’s boys soccer team opened its season ... A second half goal from junior Dylan Mapes was the big highlight of the night for the Indians, but it would be the only time they found the ...