Opechancanough
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Opechancanough was the Mamanatowick of the Powhatan Confederacy in present-day Virginia from 1618 until his death. He had been a leader in the confederacy led previously by his older brother Powhatan.
'John Smith taking the King of Pamunkey prisoner', a fanciful image of Opechancanough from Smith's General History of Virginia (1624). The image of Opechancanough is based on a 1585 painting of another native warrior by John White (see below)
A 1585 painting of a Chesapeake Bay warrior by John White; this painting was adapted to represent Opechancanough in the engraving above.
![Opechankanough [sic] leading his warriors, circa 1644](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Opechankanough_leading_his_warriors_circa_1644_History_of_virginia_1873.jpg/500px-Opechankanough_leading_his_warriors_circa_1644_History_of_virginia_1873.jpg)
Opechankanough [sic] leading his warriors, circa 1644
Powhatan, whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh, was the leader of the Powhatan, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the t
Opechancanough
…the Powhatan Confederacy in present-day Virginia from 1618 until his death. He had been a leader in the confederacy led previously by his older brother Powhatan. Opechancanough led the Powhatan in the second and third Anglo-Powhatan Wars, including the Indian massacre of 1622…
Whitaker (left, in white vestments) as portrayed in Baptism of Pocahontas, 1840, by John Gadsby Chapman
The Mantle of Chief Powhatan