Chickahominy
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited eastern Virginia.
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The Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Rappahannock, Upper Mattaponi, Monacan and Nansemond tribes received about $19 million to address immediate needs, such as PPE, broadband Internet and unemployment assistance for about 5,000 tribal citizens.
Covid funds spell relief for six Virginia Indian tribes | Jenna Portnoy | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostOur brigade, as yet, in the swamps of the Chickahominy, was almost daily employed in skirmishes with the enemy's cavalry.
Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment | John A. SloanMcClellan advanced to the Chickahominy and strongly fortified his position.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals | T. C. DeLeonThe Chickahominy had swollen to such a height that bridges were carried away in its mad rush.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. WhiteThis necessitated that Hancock's line should extend to Bottom's bridge on the Chickahominy.
The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete | General Philip Henry Sheridan
The carpet bagger when not fighting the pestiferous vermin in the Chickahominy swamps was pilfering.
The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington
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