Person:Cockacoeske of the Pamunkey (1)

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Cockacoeske (also spelled Cockacoeskie) (ca. 1640 – ca. 1686) was a 17th-century leader of the Pamunkey tribe in what is now the U.S. state of Virginia. During her thirty-year reign, she worked within the English colonial system in Virginia, trying to recapture the former power of past paramount chiefs and maintain peaceful unity among the several tribes under her leadership. She was the first of the tribal leaders to sign the Virginia-Indian Treaty of Middle Plantation.^[1]

In 2004 Cockacoeske was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History".

Historic Marker

Marker Number: OC-29 Marker Title: Cockacoeske Marker Location: Intersection of VA-30 and Powhatan Trail N 37° 40.790 W 077° 00.337 18S E 323140 N 4172185 County or Independent City: King William County "Cockacoeske became the Queen of the Pamunkey after her husband Totopotomoy’s death in 1656 fighting as an ally of the English at what became known as the Battle of Bloody Run. She signed the Treaty of Middle Plantation in 1677 in the wake of settler attacks upon friendly Indian tribes during Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676. The treaty with the English subtly placed Cockacoeske as leader over certain tribes, defined the Indian tribes as tributaries to the English, and ushered in peaceful relations between the colonists and Indians of the Virginia coastal plain. She reigned until her death about 1686."

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Cockacoeske, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
2.   "Who Was Cocacoeske?", in Virginia Vignettes, Virginia Council on the Humanities
   April 2007, accessed 31 Jan 2009.

   [No longer accessible]

3.   The Royal Family of the Powhatan by John C.E. Christensen