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Pamlico

noun
1.
A member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North Carolina.
2.
The Algonquian language of the Pamlico.





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... Indians. He was the earliest to explore the Shenandoah Valley. It was also by his energy that the famous pirate "Black beard" was captured and executed. Lieutenant Maynard, sent with two ships to hunt him, attacked and boarded the pirate vessel in Pamlico Sound, 1718. A tough fight at close quarters ensued. Blackbeard was shot dead, his crew crying for quarter. Thirteen of the men were hung at Williamsburg. Blackbeard's skull, made into a drinking-cup, is preserved to this day. The great corsair's fate, Benjamin Franklin, then a printer's ...
— History of the United States, Vol. I (of VI) • E. Benjamin Andrews
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Words linked to "Pamlico" :   Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language


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