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Opechancanough, o Opchanacanough, era un capotribù della Confederazione Powhatan. Vissuto in quella che è l'attuale Virginia, fu leader della sua gente dal 1618 fino alla morte, avvenuta in prigionia nel 1645. Nella lingua degli Algonchini, il suo nome significa Colui che ha l'Anima Candida.
Opechancanough (/ oʊ p ə ˈ tʃ æ n k ə n oʊ /; 1554–1646) was paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy in present-day Virginia from 1618 until his death. He had been a leader in the confederacy formed by his older brother Powhatan , from whom he inherited the paramountcy.
- Shot in the back while a prisoner
- Anglo-Powhatan Wars
- Opitchipam
22 dic 2021 · Opechancanough was the paramount chief of Tsenacomoco, a political alliance of Virginia Indians, who led attacks against the English colonists in 1622 and 1644. He may have been related to Powhatan, the chief at the time of the Jamestown landing in 1607, and he was captured and died in English custody in 1646.
1 mar 2022 · Opechancanough, il capo indiano che fece fuori i colonialisti spagnoli…e quasi riuscì a cacciare gli inglesi. Rapito e portato in Spagna, Opechancanough, diventato poi capo della sua tribù, usò quello che aveva imparato dagli Europei contro due delle più grandi potenze del mondo di allora. Nell’estate del 1561, gli ...
17 nov 2021 · Opechancanough could not save his people or his chiefdom from the sheer numbers of arrivals who flooded into the colony during the 1630s and 1640s.
7 dic 2021 · Kidnapped and taken to Spain, Opechancanough used what he learned of the Europeans to lead his people against two of the world's greatest powers. By: James Horn Updated: July 12, 2023 | Original...
Chief Powhatan’s successor, Opechancanough, carried out a surprise attack on the colony on the morning of March 22, 1622. The attack was strongest at the plantations and other English outposts that now lined the James River.
