A history of the United States . captainadventure wherever they go. Although only John Smiththirty years old he had encountered dangers and performedexploits that few men experience in a lifetime. He wasnow put in charge of the stores and managed in some wayto allay the hostility of the Indians and to procure corn. In December, while onan exploring expeditionup the Chickahominy,two of his companionswere killed by the In-dians, and he was cap-tured and taken beforePowhatan, the war chiefof an extensive confeder-acy. He was condemnedto death, and his headplaced on a stone readyfor execution. Fro
A history of the United States . captainadventure wherever they go. Although only John Smiththirty years old he had encountered dangers and performedexploits that few men experience in a lifetime. He wasnow put in charge of the stores and managed in some wayto allay the hostility of the Indians and to procure corn. In December, while onan exploring expeditionup the Chickahominy,two of his companionswere killed by the In-dians, and he was cap-tured and taken beforePowhatan, the war chiefof an extensive confeder-acy. He was condemnedto death, and his headplaced on a stone readyfor execution. From thispredicament he was un-expectedly rescued byPocahontas, the twelve-year-old daughter of thechief, and shortly after allowed to return to Jamestown. In January, 1608, Newport returned with supplies andseventy new settlers. The following summer was jjj^ ^jj^_but a repetition of the preceding one. Of ninety- acter andfive settlers only fifty survived. In September, ^®^*^®^Smith, who had spent the summer exploring Chesapeake. Capt. John Smith. M The Colonies Bay, was made president of the council; Newport arrivedwith a second supply of men and provisions, and con-ditions were temporarily improved. During the next yearSmith ruled with a high hand and kept the colony in order,but matle himself unpopular and was finally deposed by the remaining members ofthe council, GeorgePercy succeeding himas president. In October, 1609,while suffering from agunpowder wound,Smith took passage forEngland. In 1614 heexplored the coasts ofNew England andmade an excellent mapof that region. Hismap of ChesapeakeBay and its tributarieswas not supplanted forone hundred and fiftyyears. The credibility of his writings has been bitterlyassailed, especially the story of the three Turks whom heslew in single combat earlier in his career, and the Pocahontasincident, but he has not failed of able champions to upholdhis veracity. He was the most conspicuous figure in theearly history of Virginia, and witho
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