Accomac people

[1] Archeological and historical record suggest trading relationships between the Accomacs and the Powhatans as well as other related groups such as the Occohannocks.

[4] The term Accomac was eventually applied to a larger group of related Indigenous peoples living on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

[6] Their primary settlement, also called Accomac, was near present-day Cheriton, Virginia, on Cherrystone inlet in Northampton County.

[4] [8] Based on disease profile descriptions involving high fatality rates, short illness lifecycle, and strongest outbreaks during cold seasons, this epidemic is thought to have been caused by an Influenza virus carried over from Europe for which the Accomac people did not have built up defenses.

[10] By 1700, the Accomac population had declined by approximately 90 percent due to introduced diseases such as smallpox and violence from the colonists.

[4][15] It is thought that corn and beans were their primary crops while the occasional deer was hunted in order to make clothing and tools.