Secotan

… an Indian village once located on the S side of Pamlico River in what is now E Beaufort County in the vicinity of Hobucken; visited by John White and other explorers based on Roanoke Island in the sixteenth century. The name meant "town at the bend of a river." Appears as Secoton on the White map, 1585; as Secota on the De Bry map, 1590; and as Secotan on the Velasco map, 1611. See also Seco.