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When English colonists established their first permanent settlement at Jamestown in 1607, they confronted a powerful and growing Native chiefdom consisting of over thirty tribes under one paramount chief, Powhatan. [1] For the next half-century, a portion of the Middle Atlantic coastal plain became a charged and often violent meeting ground between two very different worlds. [1] The civil but energetic ruler of the Powhatan confederacy of New England tribes, despite considerable provocation he managed to maintain peace with the white settlers in Virginia.[2] His favourite daughter, Pocahontas, was carried off by settlers in 1609, but married a white colonist with her father's consent. Powhatan was succeeded by his more warlike brother, Opechancanough.[2]

Works Cited 1. Gleach, Frederic W. Powhatans World and Colonial Virginia: a Conflict of Cultures. University of Nebraska Press, 2000.

2."Powhatan." Chambers Biographical Dictionary, Liam Rodger, and Joan Bakewell, Chambers Harrap, 9th edition, 2011.