2. Ruled over the largest tribe,
Pamunkey tribe.
Population of twelve hundred,
including over three hundred
warriors.
The homeland was rich in
copper and pearls from
freshwater mussels.
Opechancanough was spoken
of how disciplined and fierce
the Pamunkeys were and
reported that he was able to
mobilize a thousand bow man
in two days.
3. A Patuext Native American who
assisted the Pilgrims after their
first winter in the New World
and was integral to their
survival.
He taught techniques to
increase food production, by
fertilizing crops and showed
them the best locations to catch
fish and eels.
He was the guide and translator
for settler Stephen Hopkins and
Edward Winslow as they
traveled upland on a diplomatic
mission to the Wampanoag
sachem.
4. A common warrior of the Choctaws who earned his name by
slaying Chickasaws and obtained war captain of Couechitto.
His name and title was the highest rank a man of common birth
could normally attain.
He was the subordinate of Mingo Tchito and traded goods with
the English and French Louisiana tribe.
He survived because of his loyalty to the warriors.
5. 1760 Peters was kidnapped and by
African slave traders and was sold to
the captain of a French slave ship.
He did not do well as a slave and tried
to escape every chance he could get.
During punishment he yearned for
freedom and his owners would stop
enforcing when it did not seem to
work.
Finally Peters was sold to a town called
Wilmington and found inspiration for
the struggle for freedom in the
household of his own slave master.
