A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . was dragged to the spot, bound, and his head placedupon the stone, while a powerful Indian lifted his club tostrike the fatal blow. Just at this instant Powhatansyoung daughter, Pocahontas, rushed forward, and throw-ing herself between the executioner and his victim,prayed her father to spare Smiths was tenderly attached tothis child, and finally granted whatshe asked. Smith was reprieved, andafter being kept in captivity a few dayslonger was permitted to return toJamestown. The Friendship of Pocahontas.—Thisinciden
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . was dragged to the spot, bound, and his head placedupon the stone, while a powerful Indian lifted his club tostrike the fatal blow. Just at this instant Powhatansyoung daughter, Pocahontas, rushed forward, and throw-ing herself between the executioner and his victim,prayed her father to spare Smiths was tenderly attached tothis child, and finally granted whatshe asked. Smith was reprieved, andafter being kept in captivity a few dayslonger was permitted to return toJamestown. The Friendship of Pocahontas.—Thisincident was the beginning of thefriendship between Pocahontas and thecolonists—a friendship which was toPOCAHONTAS. provc of inestimablc value to the lat- ter. Many times when starvation threatened them Poca-hontas brought them food, and more than once warnedthem of danger from her own people. Truth of the Story.—Some do not believe this narra-tive of the rescue of Smith by Pocahontas, one of themost picturesque incidents which brightens the otherwise. History of Virginia and Virginians. 39 dull pages of history ; but Smith himself says she savedhis life at the risk of her own, and there is no reason todoubt the truth of his statement. Her attachment toSmith and friendship for the English would be whollyinexplicable unless viewed in the light of this scene is worthy of the artists pencil, and has beenfrequently pictured. The throng of gaudily painted. RESCUE OF SMITH. naked savages crowding about the stalwart soldier, whois being hurried to his death ; the slender figure of theIndian girl, periling her own life to save his, and aroundthem on every side the smiling Virginia landscape in allits original beauty. Doubtless the loyal and honest gen-tleman who strove to do his duty to his fellow-man, andwho has recorded his faith in the providence of God, liftedhis heart in a last appeal for succor in his hour of need,and received it when all seemed lost. 40 History of V
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