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 deve… ...

Artifacts that have been recovered and restored from Jamestown Island in Jamestown, Virginia, are seen in June 2014. ... (c. 1607 to 1614), a Powhatan Indian Village, ...

By Teresa Annas The Virginian-Pilot By 1607, when the English first eyed the New World “salvages,” the Powhatan Indians had not only adapted to the eastern Virginia region they called T… ...

As Jamestown marks the 400th anniversary of representative government and the arrival of the first enslaved Africans, Powhatan's descendants worry their place in its history is being overlooked.

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.) ...

Archeologists digging on a farm above the York River believe they have found Werowocomoco, principal village of the Indian chieftain Powhatan, who controlled the Virginia Tidewater when the English… ...

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, the fighting had subsided, but ...

In May 1607, a group of 100 or so English settlers arrived to Jamestown Island on the ships Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, founding what would become the first English settlement in North … ...

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 ...

Jamestown Settlement founded, May 14, 1607. ... encampment in a swampy area and attacks from Powhatan Indians. Still, despite the hardships the community suffered in its early years, ...