The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . her intohis hands. Argall tookher a captive to James-town. Here a whiteman by the name ofJohn Rolfe marriedher, after she had re-ceived Christian bap-tism. This marriagebrought about a peacebetween Powhatan andthe English settlers in\ Dale went back toEngland in 1616 he took withhim some of the Indians. Poca-hontas, who was now called the Ladv Rebecca, andher husband went to England with Dale. Pocahontaswas called a princess in England, and received muchattention. But when about to start back to the co
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . her intohis hands. Argall tookher a captive to James-town. Here a whiteman by the name ofJohn Rolfe marriedher, after she had re-ceived Christian bap-tism. This marriagebrought about a peacebetween Powhatan andthe English settlers in\ Dale went back toEngland in 1616 he took withhim some of the Indians. Poca-hontas, who was now called the Ladv Rebecca, andher husband went to England with Dale. Pocahontaswas called a princess in England, and received muchattention. But when about to start back to the colon)she died, leaving a little son. One of the first requisites for the success of a colonvis some commodity that may be exported to pav forclothing and those other necessaries of life which mustbe bought from older countries. The attempts to findgold or silver in Virginia had proved vain. Silk, cot-ton, and many other things were attempted at James-. THE STAR VIXG TIME. 31 town from the very start, but the only product that wasfound really profitable was tobacco. This weed, as itwas even then called, was, like Indian corn and the po-tato, unknown to Europe until after America was dis-covered. It was introduced under the belief that it wasof great value as a medicine. When Ralegh had madeits use fashionable in England, the English people boughttheir tobacco from Spain. But John Rolfe, the samewho married Pocahontas, and who seems to have beenfond of new experiments, thought that, if the VirginiaIndians could grow tobacco for their own use, he mightgrow it in Virginia for the English market. He triedtobacco-culture in 1612, and it was immediatelv so suc-
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