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Uploaded by on Mar 12, 2008

A musical account (translated from the original Algonkian) of the 1622 Massacre, in which Powhatan Indians led by Opechancanough killed over a third of Virginia's English colonists in a single day.

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  • yeah it wasn't the native custom to kill women or children, but an exception was made after the english continually burned towns and killed indiscriminately. also at this point the english were really being dicks and gobbling up land and resources.

  • Wow but I couldn't understand what you were saying. ps. nice pics. pss. I know you. psss. Uh pssss. Bye!! look at my channel!!!

  • Very interesting. Differs from Edward Waterhouse's account of it.

  • good pics. where did u get um?

  • At 2.03 what is that photo of ?

  • The Saponi and Manahoac which once was enmeies of the Powhatan had joined together with the Powhatan for this.....the joined forces nearly pushed the English back. All of our Powhatan, Saponi, and Manahoac villages had been raided and attacked before we finnally joined together to fight back.

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