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Chief Powhatan was father of Pocahontas and the ruler of the tribes that lived in the area where English colonists founded the Jamestown settlement in 1607.
Powhatan expresses contempt for Dale and says a single marriage between his people and the English is sufficient guarantee of alliance. April 1618 - The death of Powhatan, paramount chief of Tsenacomoco, is reported to the English colonists. March 22, 1622 - Indians under Opechancanough unleash a series of attacks that start the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.