The Native American Chief Who Drove Out Spanish Colonists — and Nearly Expelled the English

History ^ | December 9, 2021 | James Horn

[HighSierra5]

Never heard of him.

[monkeyshine]

Si no fuera por él, lo habías escrito en Español.

[SaxxonWoods]

Drove out the Spaniards?

Racist!

[Vision]

He was from Asia and not native to America.

[ifinnegan]

Even in the Marxist 1619 history their heroes have to be European trained.

Kind of ironic for the anti-Western Civilization zealots.

[PGR88]

No doubt the Powhatan’s had a “squad” who said: “Border security? Who needs it? Its racist and we should welcome these newcomers!”

[lepton]

And 50 years later, with his coordinated 1622 attack on Jamestown colony, he came close to ending English colonial ambitions in the region. But while he stands as one of the greatest military leaders in early America, his achievements remain almost completely unknown.

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Tactical? His coordination was impressive, but the tactics consisted primarily of treachery and abuse of goodwill. The attacks began with the indians arranging meals and trading with colonists all up and down the peninsula for one morning under the auspices of friendly trade and communion. Then at roughly the same time, they grabbed whatever was at hand and began beating the colonists to death, then took the women and children into slavery.

For about a year, the colonists thought those people were dead. With the colonists reduced by more than half, and being tremendously outnumbered by the local tribes, it took that year to begin to take the offensive, during which they learned of the large numbers of slaves the indians had taken.

[Fiji Hill]

He was from Asia and not native to America.

A Siberian-American.

[Vision]

Privative migrating Asians.

[SamuraiScot]

Opechancanough managed to inspire another generation of warriors to rise up against the English in the mid-1640s, killing approximately 500 settlers before he was captured and taken to Jamestown. There, nearly 100 years old, he was shot in the back by one of his guards and died.

Good!

[thinden]

interesting read.

thanx for the post

[skeeter]

Good thing we ended up expelling the natives. They seem like really nasty folks.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Very interesting, but given the source (A&E Networks: a partnership of Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company), it could be mostly fictional.

[Wuli]

I am prejudiced., but I thank Opechancanough for helping to insure most of North America did not become part of Spain. I look at the colonial societies founded by the English versus those founded by the Spanish and have been very glad for the former.

[Bonemaker]

Where was he when Biden’s ancestors came over?

[bigdaddy45]

The guy was defending his land from invaders. What would you have done differently were you him?

[GaltMeister]

I am reading James Michener’s ‘Chesapeake’ now - this story fins in with it.

[Bonemaker]

“But while he stands as one of the greatest military leaders in early America, his achievements remain almost completely unknown.”

Right up there with Tecumseh, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph, Cochise, Geronimo, Pontiac...etc.

[Campion]

At least according to current science, all of us originally came from southern Africa. We’re really all African-Americans.