the General Assembly established the Circle and Square reservation for the Nottoway tribe, but in 1824 the state legislature authorized dissolution of the reservation though allotment and sale of individual parcels
Source: Library of Congress, A map of the state of Virginia, constructed in conformity to law from the late surveys authorized by the legislature and other original and authentic documents (1859)
The Nottoway "circle and square" reservation in Southampton County was broken up and sold in the 1800's, but the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) are restablishing their land base
Source: The Virginia-Pilot, Return of the Natives in Southampton County
the logo of the Nottowy Indian Tribe includes a longhouse typical of Iroquoian-speaking groups
Source: Virginia Humanities, Nottoway Indian Tribe
Source: Virgina Humanities, Impact Story: Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia
John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay watershed in 1608, and in 1673 colonists were still unfamiliar with the Chowan River watershed
Source: Library of Congress, Virginia (by John Smith, 1624) and Virginia and Maryland as it is planted and inhabited this present year 1670 (Augustine Herrman and Thomas Withinbrook, 1673)