Opechancanough [oh-peh-KAN-kuh-noh] barely seemed to notice. Because none of that was ever the real story. The real story was patience — the kind that outlasts governments, outlasts a body giving out, outlasts everyone’s guard going down. Today, that patience finally meets its moment.

References

Verified Historical & Scriptural References 1. William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, Vol. I. Primary compilation of Virginia’s surviving colonial laws. Essential for the October 1644 and February 1644/45 wartime legislation: military expenditures, requirements for dangerous settlements, the tobacco levy supporting Berkeley’s voyage and the purchase of powder, compensation for wounded soldiers, Pamunkey and Chickahominy campaign costs, monthly fasting and prayer, annual April 18 t ...