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=== History === |
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=== History === |
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At the beginning of the 17th century, when the tribe had early contact with English colonists, the Weynock traded with [[Wahunsenacawh]] ([[Powhatan]], c. 1547–c. 1618).[Rountree, ''The Powhatan Indians of Virginia'', 111.] Some historians considered them to be a part of the [[Powhatan Confederacy]]. |
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At the beginning of the 17th century, when the Wyanoke had early contact with English colonists, the Weynock traded with [[Wahunsenacawh]] ([[Powhatan]], c. 1547–c. 1618).[Rountree, ''The Powhatan Indians of Virginia'', 111.] Some historians consider them to have been part of the [[Powhatan Confederacy]]. |
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Their population was 500 in 1608.[ After attacks by the [[Iroquois Confederacy]] at the end of the 17th century, they ]migrated out. They signed the [[Treaty of Middle Plantation]] with the [[Virginia Colony]] in 1677. |
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Their population was 500 in 1608.[ After attacks by the [[Iroquois Confederacy|Haudenosaunee Confederacy]] at the end of the 17th century, they were forced to flee. They signed the [[Treaty of Middle Plantation]] with the [[Virginia Colony]] in 1677.] |
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Remnants of the Weyanock and the [[Nansemond]] joined the [[Nottoway people|Nottoway]] in the early 18th century.[Rountree, "The Termination and Dispersal of the Nottoway Indians of Virginia," 194.] |
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Remnants of the Weyanock and the [[Nansemond]] were merged into the [[Nottoway people|Nottoway]] in the early 18th century.[Rountree, "The Termination and Dispersal of the Nottoway Indians of Virginia," 194.] |
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By 1727, they lived along the [[Nottoway River]].[At the end of the 18th century, the Weyanock merged completely into the Nottoway, with the surnames Wynoake and Wineoak occasionally appearing on public documents.][Rountree, "The Termination and Dispersal of the Nottoway Indians of Virginia," 199.] |
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By 1727, they lived along the [[Nottoway River]].[At the end of the 18th century, the Weyanock merged completely into the Nottoway, with the surnames Wynoake and Wineoak occasionally appearing on public documents.][Rountree, "The Termination and Dispersal of the Nottoway Indians of Virginia," 199.] |
