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Does anyone here know anything about "Chesakowan District" in
Lancaster County VA? It was, as far as I can tell, a sort of early
Indian Reservation, inhabited by the Cottawoman Tribe, and is where
my ancestor Anna "Little Flower" was born in 1662/4. The recent
article in the Washington Post about old cemeteries eroding into the
Chesapeake Bay mentioned a large Indian ossuary that vanished after
storms last year. The print version of the article had a map of these
sites, and the ossuary was in Lancaster County and in the area where
Chesakowan District was. They're not sure where the principle village
was, they speculate above where the Corotoman River empties into the
Rappahannock, and it has probably eroded away long ago. The ossuary
was above the mouth of the Rappahannock, on the Bay.
thanks for any help,
Nancy
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