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Hidden spot may hold historical treasures: The Suffolk site contains artifacts from American Indian tribes potentially dating to 500 B.C.
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Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
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June 6, 2007
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Byline: Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer
Jun. 6--SUFFOLK -- It's 1638, six years after a decade-long war between the English settlers and Powhatan Indians. And relations have improved so much that a son of English Capt. Nathaniel Bass and the daughter of the chief of the Nansemonds -- one of the most powerful groups in the Powhatan chiefdom -- have exchanged marriage vows.
Suddenly, hostilities are renewed, and starting in 1644, the Nansemonds fight the English for two y...