Punishing the Nanzattico Indians

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Displaced from their reservation land on both sides of the Rappahannock River at Nanzattico and Portobago Bay, Nanzattico Indians attacked the farm of John Rowley, known for his disputes with the tribe, on 29 Aug. 1704. When captured in Richmond County, seven Nanzattico confessed to murder; five were executed after trial. The Virginia Council deemed forty Nanzattico age 12 or older guilty of complicity and ordered them deported, while keeping the younger children as servants. In 1705, sea captain John Martin transported the adult Nanzattico to the island of Antigua, where they were sold into servitude.

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

McIlwaine, H. R., ed. Legislative Journals Of The Council Of Colonial Virginia. 3 vols. Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1918, pp. 414, 420, 425. Executive Journals Of The Council Of Colonial Virginia. 5 vols. Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1925-1945. Vol II, pp. 384-388, 396-398, 400; Vol. III, pp. 5, 98. McIlwaine, H. R. and J. R. Kennedy, eds. Journals of The House of Burgesses, 1619-1776. 13 vols. Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1905-1915. Vol. 1702-1712, pp. 97-99 Virginia Colonial Records Project. Survey Reports 10035, 10038, 10440, 10914. Winfree, Waverley K., ed. The Laws of Virginia Being a Supplement to Hening's The Statutes At Large, 1700-1750. Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1971, p. 43.