Related Historical Markers

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History gets an update

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Virginia, Suffolk, Chuckatuck — K-250 — Reid's Ferry — Reported permanently removed

The village of the Nansemond Indians stood near here, 1608, when the region was first explored by the English settlers. These savages took part in the massacre of 1622, and in the war that followed their town was destroyed by Sir George Yeardley. — — Map (db m162964) HM

2 ► Virginia, Suffolk, Chuckatuck — K-249 — Dumpling Island —

The ceremonial heart of the Nansemond Indian district stood a mile east on Dumpling Island in the Nansemond River. In 1608, Capt. John Smith led colonists upriver to obtain corn from the Nansemonds, who attacked but were defeated and forced to feed . . . — — Map (db m2671) HM