Hidden spot may hold historical treasures: The Suffolk site contains artifacts from American Indian tribes potentially dating to 500 B.C.

From: Daily Press (Newport News, VA) | Date: June 6, 2007 | Copyright information

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...