No, I haven't read it, but after two recommendations I am definitely going to look it up. I have also seen it called "Chickacorn", in a genealogy reference. I figured that might be a sort of Anglicized version. Thanks for everyone's help. Nancy ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Feb 17, 2007, at 10:25 AM, Wilson, Donald L wrote: > In what document or context did you find the word? I wonder if > "Chesakowan" might be a varient reading of Cekakawwon (Chicacoan, > Sekacawoni), a village found on John Smith's map of 1608. Have you > read > _Commoners, Tribute, and Chiefs: The Development of Algonquian Culture > in the Potomac Valley_, by Stephen R. Potter (Charlottesville: > University Press of Virginia, 1993)? It contains considerable detail > about known communities in the Northern Neck region. > > Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian, > Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center > for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC), > Prince William Public Library System, > Bull Run Regional Library, > 8051 Ashton Avenue, > Manassas, VA 20109-2892. > 703-792-4540. > www.pwcgov.org/library/relic > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sunshine49 > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 2:47 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Chesakowan District > > 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 > > ------- > I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. > > --Daniel Boone > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html