The Powhatan Confederacy, Past and Present

states that the people of Accomack and Acohanock were subject to Powhatan.I t is not clear from the wording of the paragraph whether or not h e rneans to include any of the Maryland tribes in the same statement, but on the preceding page he says that the Sasquesahanocks (Conestoga) at the head of the bay were scarcely known to Powhatan.His map extends the name ' 1 Powhatan " into lower Maryland.The Powhatan were Algonquian, the Conestoga were Iroquoian.I n Smith's Histoiy, in the 1612 edition (Arber ed., 91-55), he includes the " Warraskoyacks" at 40 fighting men, but puts the Payankatanke at 40, the Patawomeke at 160, and the Chickahamania at "neere zoo" fighting men.By the treaty with the Chickaharnania in 1614 (Smith, Virginin, Arber ed., 5x5).they agreed to be ready at any time