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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 era un villaggio che fungeva da quartier generale del capo Powhatan, un leader politico e spirituale algonchino della Virginia quando gli inglesi fondarono Jamestown nel 1607. Il nome Werowocomoco deriva dal Powhatan werowans (weroance), che significa "capo" e komakah (comoco), "insediamento".
11 dic 2023 · Werowocomoco: A Powhatan Place of Power [WAYR-uh-wah-KOH-muh-koh] What is Werowocomoco? Werowocomoco is an archeological site, the location of an important Indigenous town on the shores of what is now known as the York River. Evidence of human use of the area dates back some 6,000 to 8,000 years.
Werowocomoco was abandoned, and the location of the dramatic confrontations between Smith and Powhatan that ensured the English foothold in North America was lost to history.
Virginia's Gloucester once held a king. One of the dwellings of grim old Powhatan was upon a bend of the York, the lovely Werowocomoco, whose curved shores are gay with riotous wild grape-vines and glossy bamboo. The great stone chimney of this kingly wigwam defied cold and heat for over two hundred years. A short time ago it fell.
29 giu 2016 · Werowocomoco was the most significant city in the region at the time of the landing of the Jamestown colonists, and had probably been “a place of power” for centuries before 1607, says Martin Gallivan, professor of anthropology at William & Mary.
Werowocomoco, translated from the Virginia Algonquian language, means “place of leadership”. As an archaeological site, Werowocomoco was confirmed in 2002, nearly 400 years after the Indian leader paramount chief Powhatan and his people interacted with Jamestown settlers here and at Jamestown.
