User:West London Dweller/Pocahontas bits and pieces

Names by which Pocahontas was known
- See Charles Dudley Warner Gutenberg collected works and http://www.americanhistory.com/history/StoryofPocohantas/sop1.html


 * Pocahontas
 * Pocohunta (Strachey, reported by CDW)
 * Pokahuntis (Capt. Argall, reported by CDW)
 * Pocahuntas (Hamor, reported by CDW)
 * Matoaka
 * Rebecka
 * Mrs. Rolfe
 * Lady Pocahontas - http://members.aol.com/mayflo1620/pocahontas.html
 * Lady Rebecca -
 * Atoake
 * Amonte - http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/pocahont.html
 * Amonata - http://www.americanhistory.com/history/StoryofPocohantas/sop2.html
 * Amonute

Names by which Pocahontas' mother was known
Pocahonatas' mother: Amopotoiske or Nonoma Matatiske (see thread http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/POCAHONTAS/2004-05/1084281479) and also http://www.users.qwest.net/~abinormal/Cherokee.html

Genealogy
See genealogy at http://home.earthlink.net/~paws22/pow.htm

Etymology
Etymology (sort of) of various usages of 'Powhatan' http://www.native-languages.org/powhatan.htm

Spellings of Powhatan, Weroance, Wahunsenacock, Mamanatowick

 * Powhatan - the place
 * Weroance, werowance - the title
 * Mamanatowick - the title

Various spellings of names and titles taken from contemporary and later literature (Google for citations):
 * Wahunsenacawh, Wahunsenacock
 * Pohetan, Powhattan, Poughwaton, Powhatan
 * weeroance, wyrounce, wyrounnces, weroance, werowance, wyroance, werowans
 * Note female weroansqua

Titles of Wahunsunacock
See Charles Dudley Warner - "In 1618 died the great Powhatan, full of years and satiated with fighting and the savage delights of life. He had many names and titles; his own people sometimes called him Ottaniack, sometimes Mamauatonick, and usually in his presence Wahunsenasawk."

Some links
The text of 'A map of Virginia' at virtualjamestown.org - good resource.

Nice short biography of Pocahontas - http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=1757