Opechancanough, uncle to Pocahontas, was considered a master 
tactician.  He led the Pamunkey tribe for twenty-five years, following 
the death of his brother, Powhatan.  For the first six months 
following Powhatan's death, Opechancanough reassured the settlers  
of Jamestown, Virginia, of their safety.  However, Opechancanough 
saw that the settlers were beginning to encroach on his tribe's 
hunting grounds by clearing the trees to make tobacco fields and 
driving away the game.  He saw a pattern building which he wanted 
to stop.  In 1622, on Good Friday, the Indians struck, killing nearly 
350 settlers and destroying the town's iron works.  Opechancanough 
was captured during a peace council with the colonists, but managed 
to escape soon afterward.  The attack had so effectively curtailed the 
community's growth that Opechancanough did not attack again until 
1644.  Soon after this assault, the chief was taken prisoner for the 
last time.  This engraving shows an encounter between the chief and 
Captain John Smith.