Invasion from All Directions—Stolen Lands, Stolen Peoples 1600-1699

Royal British Virginia Company orders extermination of all Powhatan

Approximate boundaries and tribes of the Powhatan in the early 1600s

The Royal British Virginia Company orders all colonists to exterminate all Powhatan and prohibit any peacemaking with them. The Chickahominy people are nearly exterminated during this time.

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