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Early Images of Virginia Indians: The William W. Cole Collection
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A Chief Lady of Pomeiooc

A Chief Lady of Pomeiooc
By Theodore de Bry after John White
Engraving from book page
Plate 8 from America, Part 1
(2nd ed., Frankfurt, 1608, or 3rd ed., Frankfurt, 1634)

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John White labeled this image "A cheife Herowans wife of Pomeoc, and her daughter of the age of 8 or 10 years." A Herowan was a chief or leader; Pomeiooc (or Pomeoc) was the name of a town. The book's caption observes that Indian girls "are greatly delighted with puppetts, and babes which were brought out of England." The girl holds a doll and a second toy that looks like a bell or rattle.



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