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Fig. 3 - Alexander Brown’s Interpretation of the of Zuniga Map
The scribble sentences on the Zuniga map are clearly related to sentences in John Smith’s
True Relation. Captain Smith wrote in True Relation that Opechancanough, the brother of Chief
Powhatan, told him “of certain men cloathed at a place called Ocanahona, clothed like me.”
Most map interpreters agree that Ocanahonan [A] was on Roanoke River, despite ‘Morattac’ [B]
being written on the river to the south. The map also states, “Here remayneth 4 men clothed that
came from Roonock to Ochanahowan 12 ” 6 above the word “Pakrakwich”, on what is generally
assumed to be the Neuse River [C]. Smith also wrote, “We agreed with the king of Paspahegh to
6 12 Lee Miller, Roanoke: Solving The Mystery Of The Lost Colony (New York: Arcade Publishing), 2000: 245-53.
“Ocanahowan” is Siouan for “many people gather here”; the Algonquian equivalent is “Occaneechi”.