 Marker ID:
K250 Title:
Nansemond Indian Villages
Location: Suffolk VA Description:
"The principal villages of the Nansemond Indians stood
just east of here on the Nansemond River. The
Nansemonds' fought frequently with the English colonists
who arrived in 1607 as the Indians resisted the newcomers
attempts to occupy their villages and seize their corn.
Two major periods of hostility occurred in 1609 and again
after Opechancanough's coordinated assault on the English
settlements on 22 Mar. 1622 that began the
Powhatan-English war of 1622 - 1632. Sir George Yeardley
retaliated for the assault by burning the Nansemond
villages and destroying their cornfields. The surviving
Nansemonds scattered, their power broken."
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