1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act . 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) The Patawomeck, or Patawomeke, Tribe, also referred to as the Potomac Tribe, Potomac Band, Patamacks, and White Oakers was situated in and around Indian Point and Pasapatanzy in what are now Stafford and King George Counties, Virginia, and occupied a prominent place in the documented history of the first half-century of European contact with the Native Virginians. (2) In 1608, Captain John Smith visited the village of Patawomeke between Potomac and Accokeek Creeks. The population of the Tribe was estimated at about 800, with 160 bowmen. Around this same time, Smith also visited and recorded the Patawomeck villages at Passapatanzy, Quiyough, and other small Patawomeck hamlets in the area. (3) In 1610, Japazaw, brother of the Patawomeck weroance, related the Patawomeck creation story to Captain Samuel Argall, the only surviving Virginia Algonquian creation story recorded by the English. (4) In 1642, Patawomeck weroance, Wahanganoche, and his family were baptized into the Christian faith by Father Andrew White. (5) In 1662, Wahanganoche was issued a silver badge by the King of England to wear for safety when traveling across English lands and as an acknowledgement of Patawomeck sovereignty. The weroance was acquitted of charges of high treason and murder brought against him by Captain Giles Brent at the General Assembly in James City that year, but died on his way home, or shortly after his arrival. (6) In July 1666, the General Council of Virginia declared war on the Patawomecks. Most of the men were killed and most of the women and children, who were not already living in English families, were captured as slaves. Others likely joined with nearby existing Indian groups such as the Doegs, Nanzaticos, and Portobagos. (7) In 1680, King Pattanochus signs the Treaty of Middle Plantation of behalf of the Nansatiocoes, Nanzemunds, and Portabacchoes . By this time, displaced