Powhatan had inherited power over the
Arrohateck, Appamatuck, Orapaks, Youghtanund, Pamunkey, Mattaponi, Werowocomoce, and Kiskiack
....Powhatan attacked and physically eliminated the Chesapeakes as an independent tribe about the time the English arrived, ensuring his authority over the Elizabeth River watershed where Norfolk and Virginia Beach are now located.
.... Chickahominy tribe operated with semi-independent status in essentially the same area as Powhatan, but the Chickahominy reconsidered the arrangement once the English arrived. The Chickahominy saw the English displace the Paspaheghs from their territory
.....The Potowomacks seize Powhatan's daughter to trade to an English sea captain for a copper kettle, and she became a pawn in peace negotiations
....Between the Warraskoyaks and the Nansemonds lay an area of creeks and marshes to the east of the Pagan River. To the west were Quiyoughcohannock, who, like the Warraskoyak, were a more peaceful and accomodating tribe than the Nansemonds. They were ruled by Tatahcoope, one of Powhatan's sons
.... the tribes south of the James River, with the exception of the Nansemonds, were relatively weak and were therefore more responsive to a show of force and consequently were more open to conciliation with the settlers
.... 1676, the Pamunkeys and Mataponi signed treaties with the colony
28 tribes of the Tidewater region
