[NOTE 1--CANTO FIRST, SECT. I.
Far in their mountain lurking-place
The Manakins had heard his fame,
And Manahocks dared not come down
His valleys to pursue their game.
The Manakins and Manahocs, or Manahoacs, dwelt in the hilly country
above the falls of the great rivers which empty into Chesapeake Bay;
while the dominion of Powhatan extended over the whole of the flat
country below the falls. The Manakins dwelt on the head waters of the
James River, and the Manahocs on the head waters of the Potomac and
Rappahannock. They were subdivided into several nations or tribes, and
formed a sort of league or confederacy of the upland and mountain
Indians against the power and tyranny of Powhatan. The Manakins
consisted of four or five tribes, and the Manahocs of eight, and the
whole, being combined in firm league against the empire of Powhatan,
must have constituted rather a formidable foe.]