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'''Queen Betty''' was the hereditary chief or Weroansqua of the [[Pamunkey]] Indian tribe and fourth successor of [[Chief Powhatan |Wahunsenacawh]]. She led the Pamunkey and allied tribes from the death of [[Cockacoeske]] in 1686 to about 1708. |
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The English expected Cockacoeske's son Captain John West to succeed her, but he may have died. He was said to be the son of the English Colonel [[John West]], who had a plantation on the [[Pamunkey River]]. The senior West and ''Cockacoeske'' were documented companions.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=555CzPsGLDMC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=Queen+Anne+(Pamunkey+chief)&source=web&ots=WLoQCQtKS_&sig=Ar0jdev4wKc2DBeXlbCsn5VmvRU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA162,M1Frank E. Grizzard, D. Boyd Smith, ''Jamestown Colony''], Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2007, p. 162, accessed 31 Jan 2009</ref> As it happened she was succeeded by Betty her niece who ruled from 1686 to ca 1708.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/jame1/moretti-langholtz/chap4.htm A Study of Virginia Indians and Jamestown: The First Century] Chapter four, by Martha W. McCartney for the National Park Service of the United States.</ref> |
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On 1 July 1686, the Council of Virginia was informed of the death of [[Cockacoeske]], ruler of the Pamunkey for 30 years: |
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{{Quote|''George Smith Interpreter to ye Pomunkey [Pamunkey] Indians having this day informed his Excellency and Councel, that ye Pomunkey Indian Queen, so called, was lately dead, and that ye Pomunkey Indians did desire, that ye late Queenes Niece -- upon whom ye right of Government of that Indian Nation does devolve, might succeed in ye Governm't whereupon It is ordered, that ye said Geo. Smith doe acquaint ye said late Queens Niece and ye Great men of Pomunkey Town to attend his Excellency, att James Citty, on ye third day of ye next General Court, in order to her being confirmed in ye Governm't of those Indians.<ref>"Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia", Vol. 1, p.78 [http://www.greattradingpath.com/native-american-indian-history/executive-journal/volume-one-temp.htm]</ref>}} |
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Queen Betty ruled until 1708 when she was succeeded by [[Queen Anne (Pamunkey chief)|Queen Ann]].<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/jame1/moretti-langholtz/chap4.htm A Study of Virginia Indians and Jamestown: The First Century] Chapter four, by Martha W. McCartney for the National Park Service of the United States.</ref> |
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Queen Betty was the hereditary chief or Weroansqua of the Pamunkey Indian tribe and fourth successor of Wahunsenacawh. She led the Pamunkey and allied tribes from the death of Cockacoeske in 1686 to about 1708.
History
On 1 July 1686, the Council of Virginia was informed of the death of Cockacoeske, ruler of the Pamunkey for 30 years:
George Smith Interpreter to ye Pomunkey [Pamunkey] Indians having this day informed his Excellency and Councel, that ye Pomunkey Indian Queen, so called, was lately dead, and that ye Pomunkey Indians did desire, that ye late Queenes Niece -- upon whom ye right of Government of that Indian Nation does devolve, might succeed in ye Governm't whereupon It is ordered, that ye said Geo. Smith doe acquaint ye said late Queens Niece and ye Great men of Pomunkey Town to attend his Excellency, att James Citty, on ye third day of ye next General Court, in order to her being confirmed in ye Governm't of those Indians.[1]
Queen Betty ruled until 1708 when she was succeeded by Queen Ann.[2]
References
- ^ "Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia", Vol. 1, p.78 [1]
- ^ A Study of Virginia Indians and Jamestown: The First Century Chapter four, by Martha W. McCartney for the National Park Service of the United States.
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