Hello Fellow Histarchers:

I don't own a copy of the 1953 book by Lewis and
Loomie ("The Spanish Jesuit Mission in Virginia,
1570-1572"), but I've always heard that the area where
Queen's Creek hits the York River is as good a spot as
any...

Dane Magoon
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--- "Michael M. Gregory" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Bob Hoover brings up an interesting point about the
> Spanish mission Aljacan and its relationship to
> Werowocomoco. As I read the news story about the
> village in the Milwaukee paper on Sunday morning, my
> second thought after realizing how envious I am of
> the archaeologists who have seen the site and will
> be excavating it is whether or not the discovery
> will shed light on the location of the mission. I
> grew up hearing the mission is probably located
> along the York River or one of its tributaries, the
> Pamunkey River. I 'm surprised that the mission is
> not mentioned in the article.
>
> Is this an oversight, the work of John Smith's
> ghost, or is my understanding about the mission's
> location completely off base?
>
> michael m. gregory
> Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>
>
>


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