page_title: Aquascogoc
hierarchical_section_title: Aquascogoc
caption_attribution_description: English: Warrior of the Secotan Indians in North Carolina. Watercolour painted by John White in 1585. Deutsch: Krieger der Secotan-Indianer in North Carolina. Aquarell von John White aus dem Jahr 1585.
context_page_description: The Aquascogoc is the name given to a Native American tribe of Secotan people and also the name of a village encountered by the English during their late 16th century attempts to settle and establish permanent colonies in what is now North Carolina, known at the time as Virginia. Together with the rest of Secotan people they formed a part of the Native American group known as the Carolina Algonquian Indians, and spoke the now extinct Carolina Algonquian language. In 1585 the village of Aquascogoc was burned by Sir Richard Grenville, in retaliation for the alleged theft of a silver drinking vessel.
context_section_description: The Aquascogoc is the name given to a Native American tribe of Secotan people and also the name of a village encountered by the English during their late 16th century attempts to settle and establish permanent colonies in what is now North Carolina, known at the time as Virginia. Together with the rest of Secotan people they formed a part of the Native American group known as the Carolina Algonquian Indians, and spoke the now extinct Carolina Algonquian language. In 1585 the village of Aquascogoc was burned by Sir Richard Grenville, in retaliation for the alleged theft of a silver drinking vessel.
caption: Watercolor painting by Governor John White c.1585 of an Algonkin Indian Chief in what is today North Carolina.
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