Peracuta (also spelled Perecuta or Perecute) (birth year unknown – c. 1690) was a 17th-century leader of the Appomattoc tribe in what is now the U.S. state of Virginia.
[1] During his reign, he worked with the English colony of Virginia in an attempt to recapture the former power of past paramount chiefs and maintain peaceful unity among the tribe under his leadership.
[4][5] They were acting under a commission granted to Abraham Wood "for finding out the ebbing and flowing of the water behind the mountains, in order to the discovery of the South Sea" and authorized by the Virginia House of Burgesses.
Batts and Fallam branded a series of trees with marking irons representing Governor William Berkeley and the sponsor of the expedition, Abraham Wood.
[2] During this period, the request was granted and Peracuta was formally recognized as "King of the Appomattoc" by the Virginia General Assembly and Governor Berkeley.