| Title | A Native Chief or Member of the Aristocracy |
| Origtitle | A cheiff Lorde of Roanoac |
| Caption | This is what Ensenore, a prominent chief living in the region and encountered by Ralph Lane, probably looked like. |
| Source | virtualjamestown.org |
| Date | 1590 |
| URL | http://www.virtualjamestown.org/images/white_debry_html/debry45.html |
| Creator | Theodor DeBry |
| Type | Engraving |
| Copyright | 1590 |
| Origin | Internet |
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Additional Notes
Ensenore:; Ensenore was the father of Pemisapan (chief of the Algonquians on Roanoke Island) and elder among the Algonquian Indians of the area surrounding Roanoke Island in the New World. Much respected in their councils, and friendly to the English, he appears to have been a major force in keeping the growing hostility towards the English in check. Lane notes that he was “the only frend to our nation that we had amongst them.” His death in April of 1585 rendered future appearances at the Algonquian council decidedly inconvenient and, without his moderating influence, tensions between the Native Americans and the colonists rose further and his son Pemisapan (Wingina) began to lead a general resistance against the English. These events culminated with the ambush and murder of Pemisapan by Lane and the colonists, resulting in a further escalation of hostility between the colonists and the Algonquians.;
Works Cited:; The Roanoke Voyages, 1584-1590: Volume I, ed. David Beers Quinn (London: Hakluyt Society, 1955), 248, 275-81.;