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Portobago Indian Towns

Essex County · 11.8 miles northwest of Caret. · location approximate

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On the river two and a half miles north and two miles northeast were the two principal towns of the Portobago Indians. In 1669 these Indians had sixty bowmen and hunters.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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