Settlement of the Jamestown Colony – Object #5

Village of Secotan

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<p>Road/pathway vertical in center of image. On the left are 6 structures with rounded tops. On the right is one structure with a large area with a crop planted. Several people standing or kneeling in that pathway. At the top of the pathway, there is a fire burning surrounded by a few people.Smaller crops located in top and left of image.</p>

Image of an Algonquian village on a river estuary showing Native structures, agriculture, and spiritual life

Questions

What types of structures are in this image?

Who are the people in this image? What are they doing?

What might the settlers have said about this Algonquian village?

How might this community be different from the settlers’ previous communities in England?

How does this image compare to the communities described in Blood on the River?

Citations

Village of Secotan. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. [1619], Print.