DOMESTICATING A WILDERNESS ... FORGING AN INDEPENDENT NATION.(OUR MILLENNIUM) From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: February 28, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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Powhatan Confederacy of more than 30 Indian tribes solidified in eastern Virginia.

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Galileo Galilei builds astronomical telescope.

Capt. John Smith, the 28-year-old leader of the Jamestown colony, writes ``A True Relation of Virginia.''

Virginia is in the midst of a seven-year drought (until 1612), the worst in 770 years, modern science tells us, that adversely affects relationships between two alien ...

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