Chickahominy

American  

[chik-uh-hom-uh-nee] / ˌtʃɪk əˈhɒm ə ni /

noun

plural

Chickahominies,

plural

Chickahominy

1. a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited eastern Virginia.

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Example Sentences

Leading an amphibious expedition down the Chesapeake, he landed near the Confederate capital on the peninsula between the York and James Rivers, but soon bogged down in the swamps around the Chickahominy River.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

It gives the Rappahannock, Monacan, Nansemond, Upper Mattaponi, Chickahominy and Eastern Chickahominy tribes a status they have sought for two decades.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2018

Chickahominy Indian Chief Stephen Adkins, who watched from the Senate gallery, said that because of administrative roadblocks, the chiefs were once told they wouldn’t live to see the day they were federally recognized.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2018

He pointed to a 1614 peace treaty between the Chickahominy and settlers as the first of its kind in America.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2017

In early December, Captain Smith chooses nine men to sail with him in the shallop up the Chickahominy River.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone