Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Debedeavon (died 1657) was the chief ruler of the Accawmack Indian nation that was inhabiting the Eastern Shore of Virginia upon the first arrival of English colonists in 1608. His title was recorded as "Ye Emperor of Ye Easterne Shore and King of Ye Great Nussawattocks," and he was also known familiarly as "the Laughing King". He also seems to be the same figure who was known variously in English records as Esmy Shichans, Tobot Deabot, and Okiawampe.The Accawmack, who numbered about 2000, were peripheral or nominal members of the Powhatan Confederacy; however, owing to being isolated by water from the rest of Tsenacommacah (mainland Virginia), the Eastern Shore Indians had their own confederacy enjoying some measure of autonomy and peaceful rule under king Debedeavon. Each of his clan subchiefs paid him 8 bushels of corn, plus three arrowheads, as tribute each year.In 1608, an English lad of 13 named Thomas Savage was traded to Chief Powhatan for a native boy, Nemotacke, as something like a cultural exchange student. Powhatan adopted Savage, but the jealousy of that Chief's brother eventually led Savage to be sent to the relatively safer Eastern Shore under the benign protection of its king Debedeavon. Later Savage and Debedeavon were both instrumental in warning the Jamestown colonists about impending events leading to the Indian massacre of 1622. Debedeavon favored Savage and gave him a large tract of land that is still today known as "Savage's Neck".In his later years, Debedeavon devoted himself to the pleasures of hunting, leaving much of the business of government to his brother and Prime Minister, Kiptopeke. In his will dated April 22, 1657, Debedeavon left the kingdom to his daughter, Nandua, cautioning her as "Empress" to maintain the good will of their English friends.There is a monument in Court House Square in Eastville, Virginia to "DEBEDEAVON, A Gallant Warrior And A Loyal Friend To The Early Settlers Of The Eastern Shore.". }
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- Debedeavon abstract "Debedeavon (died 1657) was the chief ruler of the Accawmack Indian nation that was inhabiting the Eastern Shore of Virginia upon the first arrival of English colonists in 1608. His title was recorded as "Ye Emperor of Ye Easterne Shore and King of Ye Great Nussawattocks," and he was also known familiarly as "the Laughing King". He also seems to be the same figure who was known variously in English records as Esmy Shichans, Tobot Deabot, and Okiawampe.The Accawmack, who numbered about 2000, were peripheral or nominal members of the Powhatan Confederacy; however, owing to being isolated by water from the rest of Tsenacommacah (mainland Virginia), the Eastern Shore Indians had their own confederacy enjoying some measure of autonomy and peaceful rule under king Debedeavon. Each of his clan subchiefs paid him 8 bushels of corn, plus three arrowheads, as tribute each year.In 1608, an English lad of 13 named Thomas Savage was traded to Chief Powhatan for a native boy, Nemotacke, as something like a cultural exchange student. Powhatan adopted Savage, but the jealousy of that Chief's brother eventually led Savage to be sent to the relatively safer Eastern Shore under the benign protection of its king Debedeavon. Later Savage and Debedeavon were both instrumental in warning the Jamestown colonists about impending events leading to the Indian massacre of 1622. Debedeavon favored Savage and gave him a large tract of land that is still today known as "Savage's Neck".In his later years, Debedeavon devoted himself to the pleasures of hunting, leaving much of the business of government to his brother and Prime Minister, Kiptopeke. In his will dated April 22, 1657, Debedeavon left the kingdom to his daughter, Nandua, cautioning her as "Empress" to maintain the good will of their English friends.There is a monument in Court House Square in Eastville, Virginia to "DEBEDEAVON, A Gallant Warrior And A Loyal Friend To The Early Settlers Of The Eastern Shore."".