Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ket com-pass and explaining to themits uses, and excited their ad-miration by writing a letter tohis friends at Jamestown in-forming them of his situation,and of the danger to whichthey were exposed, becausethe Indians meant to attackthem. One of the savagesbore the letter to the settlers. Smith had been capturedby a powerful chieftain of thePamunkey Indians ; but as captain john smith. the curiosity of the neighboring tribes was greatly aroused by his pre-sence, he was led in t
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ket com-pass and explaining to themits uses, and excited their ad-miration by writing a letter tohis friends at Jamestown in-forming them of his situation,and of the danger to whichthey were exposed, becausethe Indians meant to attackthem. One of the savagesbore the letter to the settlers. Smith had been capturedby a powerful chieftain of thePamunkey Indians ; but as captain john smith. the curiosity of the neighboring tribes was greatly aroused by his pre-sence, he was led in triumph from the Chickahominy to the villages onthe Rappahannock and the Potomac, and then taken through other townsto the residence of the chief Here the medicine men of the tribe triedfor three days to ascertain his character and what he was going to this while he was calm and fearless, as if he were not alarmed for hissafety. He was regarded by the savages as a superior being, and wastreated with kindness, though kept a close prisoner. His fate was referred to Powhatan for decision, as the clher tribes. 174 CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. feared to bring the blood of such a strange being upon their received the captive in great state, surrounded by his warriors. He wore, says Smith, such a grave and niajestical countenance asdrove me into admiration to see. Brought into the presence of Pow-hatan, Smith was received with a shout from the assembled warriors. Ahandsome young squaw brought him water to wash his hands, andanother gave him a bunch of feathers to dry them. Food was then setbefore him, and while he applied himself to the repast a consultation washeld by the savages as to his fate. Smith watched the proceedings closely,and was aware from the gestures of the council that his death had beendetermined upon. , The captive was seized and his hands were bound with strong brawny savages stood by to beat out his brains with their these proceed
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