Manskin
Actual Location
The truth is that all the maps were correct as to the
location of the Manskin Tribe. Before
English Contact, the Manskin probably lived in both locations, with their main village at the Wormely location (Manskin Lodge) and one of their summer camps on “the Island.” After Opechancanough determined
that the English were a huge threat,
he move his warriors- his army to ‘The Island” because it was a defensible location. His army consisted mostly of
Pamunkey warriors, but also those
of the Youghtanund and Manskin. In 1645, The Island Field army was destroyed, the remaining warriors were shipped to Tangier
Island.
Since maps created in the 16 and 1700s were base less on
trigonometry and more on hand
drawings and interviews, it makes sense that the maps of the time show them in both locations because it depended upon who you
interviewed as to where you
placed them.
1680 Van
Keulen
1670
Herman
Van Keulen copied the Herman Map but transposed the wording to put “Guttins Ile” above “Manskin,” probably due to interview discrepancies.
Notice the two Islands on the Van Keulen Map, this similarity of two islands is unique to the Herman Copies.