Chowanoc
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The Chowanoc, also Chowanoke, were an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe who historically lived near the Chowan River in North Carolina. At the time of the first English contact in 1580s, they
Wetlands along the Chowan swamp
Algonquian peoples
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The Algonquians are one of the most populous and widespread North American Indigenous American groups, consisting of the peoples who speak Algonquian languages. They historically were prominent along
Chowanoc
…colonists, such as measles and smallpox, likely caused high fatalities and considerably weakened the Chowanoc, as took place with other coastal Carolina Algonquian peoples. None had natural immunity to such new diseases, which had been endemic among Europeans for centuries. By 1701, their population had been reduced to a…
A 1585 sketch of the Algonquian village of Pomeiock near present-day Gibbs Creek in North Carolina.