The Rappahannock are a tribe of Native Americans.
In 1607, the Rappahannock were the dominant tribe of the Rappahannock River valley, maintaining thirteen villages along the north and south banks of the river named after them. Their capital town was Topahanocke (or Tappahannock). They were a peripheral group within the Powhatan Confederacy. In spring of that year when news spread of explorers sailing on the James, their weroance took a party and ...
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The Rappahannock are a tribe of Native Americans.
In 1607, the Rappahannock were the dominant tribe of the Rappahannock River valley, maintaining thirteen villages along the north and south banks of the river named after them. Their capital town was Topahanocke (or Tappahannock). They were a peripheral group within the Powhatan Confederacy. In spring of that year when news spread of explorers sailing on the James, their weroance took a party and rushed there. They stayed with their cousins the Quiockohannocks, and sent word requesting audience with the explorers. The weroance and explorers met on May 4.
George Percy wrote a vivid description of the weroance having his body painted crimson, and his face painted blue sprinkled with silver. He wore a red deer-hair crown tied around his hair knot and a copper plate on the other side, with two feathers sticking up arranged like horns, and earrings made of bird-claws fastened with yellow metal. When he came to the shore thus arrayed, he was...
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