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)