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" Berkeley accepted the rebuke, and ordered him treated with allthe dignity due his position as the leader of many Indian nations. Unfortunately the life of Opechancanough was shortly after snuffed outby one of his guards who shot him in the back, despite his defenselesscondition. Peace was concluded with Necotowance, Opechancanough's successor, by thefirst act of the October 1646 Assembly. The treaty is a document ofhistoric importance. Under its provisions Necotowance acknowledged thathe held... his kingdom from the King of England and that his successorsmight be appointed or confirmed by the King's Governors. Twenty beaverskins were to be paid to the Governor yearly "at the going away of thegeese" in acknowledgment of this subjection. Necotowance and his peoplewere given freedom to inhabit and hunt on the north side of York Riverwithout interference from the English, provided that if the Governor andCouncil thought fit to permit any English to inhabit the lower reachesof the peninsula, where land grants had been made before the massacre, Necotowance first should be acquainted therewith.
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