| Title | The Chief's Brother Granganimo |
| Origtitle | A cheiff Lorde of Roanoac |
| Caption | Granganimo brother of Chief Wingina. |
| Source | virtualjamestown.org |
| Date | 1585 |
| URL | http://www.virtualjamestown.org/images/white_debry_html/debry45.html |
| Creator | John White |
| Type | water color |
| Copyright | British Museum |
| Origin | Internet |
Granganimeo/Granganimo/Grangyno: ; Granganimeo was the brother of Wingina, the king of the Algonquian Indians on Roanoke Island and the surrounding coastal areas, and so was himself obeyed and reverenced among the Algonquians. He traded with Barlowe and the English, out on Raleigh’s 1584 reconnaissance expedition, at Hatarask and Roanoke Island, welcoming them and establishing initially friendly relations. Barlowe noted that he wore a piece of red copper on his head as a sign of his nobility (simultaneously noting an interesting cultural phenomenon and taking down a note of available resources). It was Grananimeo’s wife who, when the colonists visited her village unannounced when her husband was absent, showed them enormous hospitality, and prompting Barlow to write that the Indians lived “as in the first creation.” Evidently Granganimo died between 1584 and 1585, prompting his brother Wingina to change his name (perhaps a war name? The line of causation is not clear here) to Pemisapan. As Granganimo apparently had much influence in the Algonquian council, and was referred to by Lane as a friend of the English, Lane implies that his death and the loss of his favorable council may have been a factor in Pemisipan’s eventual rise against the colonists.;
The Roanoke Voyages, 1584-1590: Volume I, ed. David Beers Quinn (London: Hakluyt Society, 1955).