THE MEANING OF THIS NAME IS MOST LIKELY A PLACE NAME. THEY WERE ALGONQUIN SPEAKERS RELATED TO POWHATEN INDIANS, THE CHOWAN, MACHAPUNGA, AND PAMILICO TO THE SOUTH. THEY LIVED IN CHOWAN COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. THEY HAD MANY SUBDIVISIONS THEY HAD SIX VILLAGES. IN 1662 THEY PARTED WITH SOME OF THEIR LAND. BY 1701 ONLY 200 WEAPEMEOC SURVIVED. THERE WERE 800 IN 1600. THEY HAD 700 - 800 WARRIORS 100 YEARS LATER AND THEIR TERRITORY WAS OCCUPIED BY SOME YEOPUM.
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