Wahunseneca, Paramount chief of the Powhatan
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Starting this discussion at the request of @Erica Howton
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According to history, Wahunseneca had many, many wives - more than 100; it is my understanding that a great majority of those "wives" were treaty wives -- this is backed up here https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n112/mod...
Wahunseneca had a preference for very young women https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n112/mod...
Names for a very few of them: Winganuske (mother of Pocahontas & Cleopatra);Ashetoskie; Amopotoiske; Ottopomtacke; Attosomiske; Ponnoiske; Appomosiscut; Appimoiske; Ortoughnoiske; Oweroughwaugh; Ottermiske; Memeoughquiske can be found here https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n114/mod... (Ohslac is not mentioned here but later on below)
This verifies that at that particular time, Wahunseneca had 31 children living (20 sons, 10 daughters, besides Pocahontas) . Pocahontas' mother was Winganuske & her husband was Kocoum. Winganuske was the sister of Machumps
https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n114/mod...
Kocoum & Pocahontas were married at least 2 years (possibly longer) https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n114/mod...
Tribal Oral history says that Pocahontas & Kocoum had at least one child who was given the name KaOkee or KaHokee, her baptismal name was Jane. It also says that Winganuske was also the mother of Cleopatra.
States that when Wahunseneca tired of his wives (weary of women) he would give them to others (according to tribal oral histories many times women were presented to the whites to help ease Native/White relationships) https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n114/mod...
This verifies that Parahunt is the son of Wahunseneca and that he was sometimes called Tauxpowhatan which translate to Little Powhatan.
https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n116/mod...
This verifies that Opechancanough (more correctly called Opechankeno) is the brother of Wahunseneca. Tatacope is one of Wahunseneca's sons by Ohslac. https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n116/mod...
Son of Ohslac & Wahunseneca - Tatacope is also mentioned here but called Tatahcoope in this reference https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n116/mod...
This verifies that Pochins is a son of Wahunseneca. https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n120/mod...
Verifies that Opechankeno, Kequotaugh, Taughaiten are brothers of Wahenseneca
https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n122/mod...
Chiefdom was not passed down to his sons & daughters. It went first to his brothers, then to his sisters, but never to his male heirs.
https://archive.org/details/historietravail00majogoog/page/n132/mod...
According to Tribal Historians the names Scent Flower, Dashing Stream, First American are totally made up.
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