Who was your relative? My ancestor was John Dods/Dodson who married Jane Eagle Plume, daughter of Chief Eagle Plume. Isn't it fortunate the Indians had English names or we'd have a hard time writing them, huh.
Oh heck, I’d have to scroll back on my family tree. Give me a bit and I’ll let you know.
Take this for what it's worth, as I'm not a geneologist by any stretch, but I do have a lot of experience working with the early colonial sources and I'm an amateur linguist who researches Algonquian and Iroquoian languages.
And I have to say that "Chief Eagle Plume" doesn't look to me like an authentic Powhatan or Iroquois name. Indians' names from the early 1600s come down to us mostly untranslated. They tended to be written right in the original language, although a few were translated in certain instances: e.g. Pocahontas = "little wanton", "Hot Ashes". I did a quick search on Google and "Chief Eagle Plume" mostly comes up in geneology websites, with (as far as I can tell) no supporting documentation from the early 1600s. It really sounds to me, unfortunately, like someone making up a fake Indian name or borrowing a later name from a westerly tribe.
I may be totally wrong about that, but just be careful and maybe do some more digging on it. There are too many hucksters and frauds when it comes to American Indians, sadly. :(
Hello
My grandmother told me I was related to the John Dodd who married Jane Chief Eagle Plume’s daughter. Her mother was Agnes Elizabeth Dodd. Her grandmother was Paulina and her grandfather Samuel Dodd. She was born in Natural Bridge Station Virginia. Her father’s side is full blooded Cherokee. I would love to hear more from you ... I do not know anything further about her Dodd line and am having difficulty finding info. If you have a family tree, would you share it.