Pocahontas at the court of King James by Richard Rummels. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribal nations. she is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him.

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Pocahontas at the court of King James by Richard Rummels. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribal nations. she is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him.

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