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Weyanoke people

The Weyanoke people were an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands.

Name
Their name is also spelled Weyanock, as British colonist John Smith recorded on his map. Alternative spellings include Weanoc, Weanock, Winauh, Winauk, Wynauh, and Wynauk. Their name may mean "at the bend" of a river, coming from either the Eastern Niantic or Nipmuck language. == Territory ==
Territory
. Their lands were located along the James River and west of the mouth of Appomattox River, near present-day Weyanoke, Virginia. Their main capital settlement was at Weyanoke Point in Charles City County, Virginia. Some historians consider them to have been part of the Powhatan Confederacy. By 1727, they lived along the Nottoway River. == Notes ==
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