Chief Emporer Wahonsonacock Powhatan
Birth | 06/17/1545 | ![]() | |
Death | 1618 | ![]() | Cause: smallpox introduced by European explorers |
Grave | 1618 | ![]() |
Algonquian Pau't-hanne or Pau-wau-tan meaning
"Falls in a current" & later "Hill of the powwow"
"Falls in a current" & later "Hill of the powwow"
One source notes: According to one legend, Powhatan, returning homeward from a battle near what is now Philadelphia,[8] stopped at the Big Spring on Sligo Creek (present-day Takoma Park, Maryland near Washington, DC) to recuperate from his wounds in the medicinal waters there.[9] Modern historians have dismissed this tale as lacking credibility; nonetheless, a commemorative sculpture of Powhatan has stood at the site since 1985.[10] wikipedia.org