Treaty of 1677
The Treaty of 1677 was signed in Virginia on May 28, 1677 between Charles II of England and representatives from various Virginia Native American tribes including the Nottoway, the Appomattoc, the Wayonaoake, the Nansemond, the Nanzatico, the Monacan, the Saponi, and the Meherrin following the end of Bacon's Rebellion.
The treaty designated those that signed as "tributary tribe," meaning they were guaranteed their homeland territories, hunting and fishing rights, the right to keep and bear arms, and other colonial protections so long as they maintained obedience and subjugation to the English Empire.
The twenty-one articles of the treaty were confirmed when England sent gifts to the chiefs along with various badges of authority.
The Queen of Pamunkey, known as Cockacoeske to the English, received a red velvet cap which was fastened with a silver frontlet and silver chains.Witnesses
Native American leaders who signed the treaty include:
- Queen Pamunkey and her son, Captain John West
- The King of the Notowayes
- King Peracuta of the Appomattux*
- The Queen of Wayonaoake
- The King of the Nanzem'd
- King Pattanochus of the Nansatiocoes, Nanzemunds, and the Portabacchoes*
- King Shurenough of the Manakins*
- King Mastegonoe of the Sappones *
- Chief Tachapoake of the Sappones*
- Chief Vnuntsquero of the Maherians*
- Chief Horehonnah of the Maherians*
- *According to Helen Rountree, these signatories were added in an annexe between April and June 1680.
