Pamunkey most powerful. Powhatan and his daughter Matoaka (Pocahontas), who achieved historical fame, were Pamunkey Native Americans. Captain Samuel Argall abducted her as a hostage in an attempt to secure the release of some English prisoners and ammunitions held by her father. Initial contact with Europeans was around 1570. "And from [1570] on at ever briefer intervals until the first permanent English colony was established at Jamestown in 1607, the Powhatan Confederacy was visited by white men: Spanish, French, and English." (Barbour, 5). Scholars estimate that when the English arrived in 1607, this paramount chiefdom numbered about 14,000–21,000 people. Colonists of
Doctor Who merchandise spin-off "The Sarah Jane Adventures". Originally launching with a Sarah Jane Smith and Star Poet action figure set, the range expanded to include a sonic lipstick & wrist watch scanner set, an electronic Alien Communicator and twin packs of Sarah Jane Smith action figure variants with various aliens from the first series of the programme. The range was discontinued shorty after due to lack of customer interest. Meanwhile, London based collectables company Sci-Fi Collector have released a range of figures based on the Doctor Who spin-off, "Torchwood". The range includes Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Ianto Jones, Tosh, Captain John,