The Weyanoke people ( / ˈ w aɪ ə n ɒ k / WYE -ə-nok ) were an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands .
5-526: Weyanoke may refer to: Weyanoke people , historic American Indians who lived on the Weyanoke Peninsula in Virginia in the 17th century, which English colonists named after them Weyanoke, Louisiana , an unincorporated community Weyanoke, Virginia , an unincorporated community Weyanoke, West Virginia , an unincorporated community Topics referred to by
10-841: A part of the Powhatan Confederacy . 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. Remnants of the Weyanock and the Nansemond joined the Nottoway in the early 18th century. By 1727, they lived along the Nottoway River . At
15-505: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Weyanoke people Their name is also spelled Weyanock, as British colonist John Smith recorded on his map. Alternative spellings include Weanoc, Weanock, Winauh, Winauk, Wynauh, and Wynauk. Their name may mean "at the bend" of a river, coming from either the Eastern Niantic or Nipmuck language . Their lands were located along
20-731: The James River and west of the mouth of Appomattox River , near present-day Weyanoke, Virginia . Their main capital settlement was at Weyanoke Point in Charles City County, Virginia . Their second primary settlement was at the head of Powell's Creek in Prince George County, Virginia . 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). Some historians considered them to be
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