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Werowocomoco was a village that served as the headquarters of Chief Powhatan, a Virginia Algonquian political and spiritual leader when the English founded Jamestown in 1607. The name Werowocomoco comes from the Powhatan werowans , meaning "leader" in English; and komakah (-comoco), "settlement".
Werowocomoco was the capital of the Algonquian chief Powhatan, who ruled over the Virginia tidewater when Jamestown was founded in 1607. Learn how archaeologists discovered the ancient site, its significance for the English colonists and its possible connection to John Smith and Pocahontas.
Werowocomoco was the capital of the Powhatan paramount chiefdom, where the English colonists met with the Indian leader several times in the early 17th century. Learn about the history, archaeology and significance of this ancient site on the York River.
11 de dic. de 2023 · Beyond the story of Powhatan, Pocahontas, and Captain John Smith, Werowocomoco holds countless untold lessons about American Indian societies in the Chesapeake stretching back thousands of years. Duration: 10 minutes, 15 seconds.
Werowocomoco was an important Powhatan Indian town before Jamestown, and is now part of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. Learn about its history, archaeology, and conservation status, and explore it virtually with Google Street View.
The status of Werowocomoco as holy ground could be why Powhatan chose it for his operational base. The reasons he abandoned it in 1609 are still speculation —perhaps it was to get away from the increasingly troublesome English. The Werowocomoco site provides learning opportunities.
Werowocomoco was a political and spiritual center for Virginia Indians in the early 1600s, where they met with English colonists. Learn how archeologists, Tribal citizens, and historians recovered the site and its story of the past 400 years.
