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'''Queen Anne''' (also recorded as '''Ann''') (ca. 1650 - ca. 1715) succeeded to the position of chief of the [[Pamunkey]] tribe in 1708 after the |
'''Queen Anne''' (also recorded as '''Ann''') (ca. 1650 - ca. 1715) succeeded to the position of chief of the [[Pamunkey]] tribe in 1708 after the 22-year rule of [[Queen Betty (Pamunkey Chief)|Queen Betty]] who succeeded ''[[Cockacoeske]]''. Ann continued her predecessors' efforts to keep peace with English colonists. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Queen Ann succeeded |
Queen Ann succeeded Betty as chief of the Pamunkey in 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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Ann's last record in history was in 1715, when she was noted as visiting the colonial authorities. She had come to seek fair treatment for her tribe, who suffered encroachment and raids by settlers.<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,M1 Frank E. Grizzard, D. Boyd Smith, ''Jamestown Colony''], Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2007, p. 162, accessed 31 Jan 2009</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:25, 28 February 2012
Queen Anne (also recorded as Ann) (ca. 1650 - ca. 1715) succeeded to the position of chief of the Pamunkey tribe in 1708 after the 22-year rule of Queen Betty who succeeded Cockacoeske. Ann continued her predecessors' efforts to keep peace with English colonists.
History
Queen Ann succeeded Betty as chief of the Pamunkey in 1708.[1]
Ann's last record in history was in 1715, when she was noted as visiting the colonial authorities. She had come to seek fair treatment for her tribe, who suffered encroachment and raids by settlers.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Frank E. Grizzard, D. Boyd Smith, Jamestown Colony, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2007, p. 162, accessed 31 Jan 2009
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