- Chesapeake (tribe)
The Chesapeake Tribe of Southeastern
Virginia was believed to be aNative American Indian tribe that would not become part of thePowhatan Confederacy .They were believed to have been annihilated in the years just prior to the settlement of
Jamestown, Virginia by English colonists--that is,May 14 ,1607 .It has been theorized that
Powhatan , after consultation with his medicine man, believed that the Chesapeake Indians (akaChesepian ) would be a threat. He ordered the destruction of the tribe; none survived.Some have speculated that the "Lost Colonists" from
Roanoke Island may have emigrated and lived among the Chesapeake tribe before being destroyed by Powhatan.There are two books by
Helen Rountree which deal with the Native Americans in Virginia during pre-colonial times.ee also
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Chesepian References
*Shi, David, E. - America: A Narrative History (6th edition), (2004) W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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