Accawmacke Indian primary sources

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“of all the northern Indian tribes the Nantocooks are the dark st as to colour; they are the most southerly, formerly living in Maryland near the sea-coast."

“Powhatan more like a devil then a man with some two hundred more as black as himself, came unto him and told him now they were friends, and presently he should go to Jamestown.”

“Their hair is black, gross, long and thick, the men have no beards, their noses are broad flat and full at the end, great big Lips, and wide mouths (yet nothing so unsightly as the Moors ”

“The women were of the same dusky complexion as the men. They, too, had high, wide cheekbones and dark eyes. They wore their hair long or in braids, applying bear fat to make the tresses glisten.”

“A typical Accomac or Accohannock Indian was brown or tawny in color, with dark eyes, a smooth, beardless face, and straight black hair.”