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met with a sizable group of
Manahoac above the falls of the Rappahannock River. He recorded that they were living in at least seven villages to the west of where he had met them. He also noted that they were allied with the
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common in the region. Their pottery was tempered with quartz and sand; it often featured fabric, net, or cord motifs as decoration.
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417:Manahoac proper, who, according to
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806:Project, Federal Writers' (1952).
658:The Indian Tribes of North America
614:The Native Tribes of North America
281:In 1714, Lt. Governor of Virginia
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790:"SIOUAN TRIBES OF THE EAST"
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149:. They united with the
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1050:Princess Point complex
1030:Clemson Island culture
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788:Mooney, James (1894).
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1101:Mississippian culture
1065:Weeden Island culture
228:, but opposed to the
79:Related ethnic groups
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1183:Chickahominy–Eastern
1171:Federally recognized
1096:Fort Ancient culture
767:. Farcountry Press.
396:earthen mound burial
234:Powhatan Confederacy
147:Blue Ridge Mountains
1086:Belle Glade culture
1040:Monongahela culture
562:Virginia Algonquian
450:rivers between the
308:The anthropologist
283:Alexander Spotswood
247:, resulting in the
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959:Fisher site
955:(12-LR-329)
948:Brokaw Site
369:James River
301:natives to
268:James River
241:Beaver Wars
99:, possibly
1386:Categories
1366:Wicocomico
1320:Patawomeck
1315:Occaneechi
1275:Chesapeake
1270:Assateague
1265:Arrohattoc
1260:Appomattoc
939:(12 MA 61)
937:Bowen Site
599:References
526:Hanohaskie
494:John Smith
478:Mahaskahod
452:North Anna
221:John Smith
210:Algonquian
198:indigenous
179:Algonquian
155:Occaneechi
125:-language
89:Occaneechi
1325:Paspahegh
1193:Nansemond
974:Man Mound
964:Hoye Site
932:Book site
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844:(1): 1–60
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169:Etymology
143:Fall Line
64:(extinct)
60:Probably
55:Languages
1361:Weyanoke
1310:Nottoway
1300:Meherrin
1290:Manahoac
1248:Historic
1198:Pamunkey
1164:Virginia
1035:Manahoac
1013:Cultures
738:, 1924,
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687:52230544
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571:Because
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488:Language
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346:Piedmont
314:Ontponea
256:Iroquois
245:Pamunkey
230:Powhatan
202:Piedmont
175:Manahoac
161:and the
141:and the
131:Virginia
115:Manahoac
69:Religion
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