Category Archives: Jamestown

Acanahonan Found on Jamestown Map in Dutch Archives?

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Roberta Estes

Our friend Yvette in the Dutch archives has done it again.  I’m so glad she loves maps as much as I do.  This map is particularly interesting though, because it is of the James River area, near Jamestown, discovery attributed … Continue reading →

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Panics

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Why were the Europeans so intent upon “civilizing” the Native people, which is a politically correct word for destroying their existing cultures and way of life? One answer lies in the fact that they feared the Indians.  Beginning in 1622 … Continue reading →

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Caribbean Indians Admixture at Jamestown

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Roberta Estes

The earliest Jamestown records are very interesting. In the October 1627 court minutes, we find the following commentary: Capt. Sampson had brought into the colony some Indians from the Carib Islands, who have since run away, hid in the woods, … Continue reading →

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