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Cinquoteck

Cinquoteck is a former Mattaponi village, on the site of what today is the town of West Point, Virginia in the United States.

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Cinquoteck is a former Mattaponi village, on the site of what today is the town of West Point, Virginia in the United States.12

it is the Birthplace of Pocahontas according to Mattaponi and Pamunkey Oral History.

Cinquoteck was the primary town of Opechancanough, a chief of the Powhatan Confederacy and brother of its Emperor Powhatan.3

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References

  1. "Celebrating West Point's Heritage - Week 8 - Native Americans". West Point Chamber of Commerce.
  2. "History Timeline". Historical Society of West Point, Virginia.
  3. Harris, Malcolm. Old New Kent County. p. 574.