Nemattanew (d. 1622 N.S.) was a weroance leader of the Powhatan during the First Anglo-Powhatan War. At the time he served as a close adviser to Mamanatowick Opechancanough (1554-1646).
History
Nemattanew first appears in English colonial records in 1611, when George Percy mentioned "Munetute" as being sent by Mamanatowick Wahunsunacawh to lead resistance to the colonists' expansion in the upper James River region. This was when Henricus was founded, during the course of the First Anglo-Powhatan War.
Percy notes that the colonists derisively called the leader "Jack of the Feathers", on account of his native war regalia, remarking that:
See also
- Epanow, Native American leader in New England at this time.
References
- ↑ Cabell, James Branch. The First Gentleman of America: A Comedy of Conquest. United Kingdom, Farrar & Rinehart, 1942.
- ↑ "A True Relation Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. III. No. 4". www.virtualjamestown.org.
- ↑ Axtell, James (1995). The Rise and Fall of the Powhatan Empire: Indians in Seventeenth-century Virginia. p. 28. ISBN 9780879351533.[dead link]
- ↑ admin. "The Second Anglo-Powhatan War | Native American Netroots". Retrieved 2025-06-03.
- ↑ Rountree, Helen C. (1990). Pocahontas's People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8061-2849-8.
- ↑ Steele, Ian Kenneth (1994). Warpaths: Invasions of North America. Oxford University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-19-508223-4.
- ↑ Fausz, J. Frederick, and John Kukla. "A Letter of Advice to the Governor of Virginia, 1624." The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1, 1977, pp. 104–29. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1922628. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
- ↑ Rountree 1990, p.69.
- ↑ Rountree 1990, p. 71.
- ↑ Natives and Newcomers By James Axtell, p. 253.
External links
- The Tragedy of 1622: The Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom Military Offensive Against English Settlers in Virginia at Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation