Who is Opechancanough

Sahem and war leader of Powhatan forces.

Known for his leadership and military prowess.

He was a war-chief of Tsenacommacah.

This appointment made him the military prowess.

At some point before the arrival of the english,powhatan likely designed opechancanough  as a werowance  or chief  of the youghtanund indians  and later the head of the adjacent pamunkey Tribe.

The once formidable war-chief was captured by forces under virginia governor sir William.

On April 18,1646 the anging opechancanough launched the second of his great assaults against  the english with little success.

In october 1642 a peace agreement was signed by opechancanough predecess.

He was a tribal chief  within powhatan confederacy of what is now virginia united states.

The captured indian was initially taken to mexico .where he was baptized and educated  by the dominicans.