Below the fall line, related Algonquian groups, who were not tributary to Powhatan, included the Chickahominy and the Doeg in Northern Virginia The Chickahomonies serve as an example of how limited the Powhatan's powers could be. Powhatan's chiefdom relied on the cooperation and willingness of other Algonquian groups. The Chickahominy insisted on governing themselves and to have an equal relationship with Powhatan. If Powhatan wished to use them as warriors, he had to hire them and pay them in copper. The "Accawmacke" (later "Gingaskin") of the Eastern Shore, and the Patawomeck of Northern Virginia, were fringe members of the Confederacy. As they were separated by water from Powhatan's domains, the "Accawmacke" enjoyed some measure of semi-autonomy under their own paramount chief, "Debedeavon," aka "The Laughing King".