Capt. John Smith and Chief Powhatan had historic encounters in Werowocomoco. Stan Fellows Trudging through swamp mud on a cold February day in 1608, Capt. John Smith and a small band of armed men ...

The Werowocomoco Research Project is a collaborative effort by archeologists, historians, and Virginia Indian communities to research a site that was once a major settlement of the Powhatan chiefdom.