in 1608, John Smith found the Nantaughtacund living at Kerahocak
Source: Library of Congress, Virginia (by John Smith, 1624)
in 1608, John Smith found the Nantaughtacund living at Kerahocak
Source: Library of Congress, Virginia (by John Smith, 1624)
Captain John Smith first met the Nantaughtacund in 1608. He visited the tribe at their village of Kerahocak, on the Rappahannock River. At the time, the Nantaughtacund were part of Powhatan's paramount chiefdom. Smih recorded that the Nantaughtacund population was 640, including 150 warriors.
The site of the Nantaughtacund town Kerahocak was identified in 1972 and assigned the tag "44KG6," since it was in in King George County. Archeological investigations in 1995 indicated the town covered 15 acres occupied from about 900 Ce (Common Era) to the time of contact with Englsh colonists in the early 1600's. Artifacts dating back to 1,500 BCE (Before Common Era) and an ossuary with bones of about 50 people were located in the 1995 exploration.1
a 1731 map showed the "Doogs" living near the Rappahannock River
Source: Library of Congress, A new and exact map of the dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye continent of North America (by Herman Moll, 1731)