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- noun Plural form of
Nansemond .
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Following the massacre of 1622, the natives were relentlessly driven from their villages and fields -- the Warriscoyacks, the Nansemonds, the Chickahominies and in 1630, the Chiskiackes.
Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Annie Lash Jester
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Nansemonds were, should thus be caught like a foolish beaver in a trap.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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Once upon a time, as the Nansemonds were warring against the Eries, who have their residence upon the shores of the lake of that name, they were caught in a narrow valley, or ravine, which lay between two high hills.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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Nansemonds were stricken with great terror at the sight of this hideous Spirit, and it was a long time before they ventured to address him.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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When the Nansemonds occupied for their hunting-grounds the vast forests which lie between the Mountains and the Great Arm of the
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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"What will the Nansemonds give if the Spirit of Fire will release them from the dangers which encompass them?"
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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Their numbers have now become thinned; many populous villages have disappeared -- brother, the Nansemonds are not what they were, at least in numbers.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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"Then have you led the Nansemonds into a danger from which there are no means of escape?"
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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The Nansemonds arose and followed with confidence the fiery ball down the valley.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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Word was sent to all the tribes, to the Nansemonds, the Wyanokes, the Cheskiacks, the Paspaheghs, the Pamunkeys, the Chickahominies, that he should be delivered up if they found him among them.
Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Mary Johnston 1903
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