Dumpling Island
One mile east in Nansemond River. There, in 1608, the English settlers were attacked by Indians in canoes. The savages jumped overboard when the English fired their guns and later ransomed the canoes for corn. In 1609, the colonists sought to seize the Indians ' corn on the island but were driven off.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
John Carter Brown Library, Brown UniversityDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUSGS Historical Topographic Map CollectionUSGS Historical Topographic Map CollectionUSGS Historical Topographic Map Collection
Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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