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Opechancanough
[ oh-pech-uhn-kah-noh ]
noun
- 肠1545鈥1644, Algonquian leader, brother of Powhatan: led Jamestown massacre 1622.
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Chief Opechancanough did mount one more large attack on the settlers, in 1644, but by then the European population had grown and the Indian population had been decimated.
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Chief Opechancanough was captured and killed, and the Powhatan empire crumbled.
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In 1622, though Chief Powhatan had died, his empire was still strong, led by his brother, Opechancanough.
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Chief Opechancanough decided to wipe out the English once and for all.
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The third lasted from 1644 to 1646 and ended with the capture and assassination of Opechancanough.
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