The Powhatan (Pow-a-tan) Indians of eastern Virginia were made up of around 30 towns covering approximately 100 by 100 square miles. They called this land Tesenacommacah, (T-sena- comm-a-cah.) ...

Historic Williamsburg in Virginia is the place to see history come alive. There are so many great things to do in Greater Williamsburg with kids including Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement ...

A Jamestown loss would mean a rematch of last year’s state quarterfinals, which the Indians won handily in a 4-0 home shutout.

In the 20 th century, archaeologists became increasingly interested in what happened to the “lost fort” of Jamestown, which was built in 1607 as a defence mechanism against Native Powhatan Indians.

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“Having fed upon horses and other beasts as long as they lasted, we were glad to make shift with vermin, as dogs, cats and mice,” George Percy, the president of the Jamestown council, wrote in ...

Since 1607, English migrants had maintained a small community in Jamestown, where colonists struggled mightily to survive. Unable to figure out how to find fresh water, they drank from the James River ...

All season long, the Powhatan Indians field hockey team pushed further and further onto a new path. After last year’s tough loss in the region final to Atlee, they overcame those same Raiders in ...

In spring 1607, a group of 104 English men and boys landed on the banks of a large river in present-day Virginia and built a fort on hunting land that belonged to the Powhatan Chiefdom.

Wild turkeys flourished around the Jamestown colony in 1607 and throughout most of 17th and 18th century Virginia, when wild game was a food staple for colonists and settlers, who explored and ...