. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . ring herself with grease until therewas enough running down her chin to have made no lessthan two rushlights, so Nathaniel Peacock declared. THE VISIT OF POCAHONTAS 101 Of course, beinga savage, she couldnot speak in ourlanguage, but themaster, who hadstudied diligentlysince coming to thisworld of Virginiato learn the speechof the Indians,made shift to getfrom her some littleinformation, shebeing the daughterof Powhatan, theking concerningwhom I have already set down many things. At first Captain Smith was of the belief that she hadcome
. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . ring herself with grease until therewas enough running down her chin to have made no lessthan two rushlights, so Nathaniel Peacock declared. THE VISIT OF POCAHONTAS 101 Of course, beinga savage, she couldnot speak in ourlanguage, but themaster, who hadstudied diligentlysince coming to thisworld of Virginiato learn the speechof the Indians,made shift to getfrom her some littleinformation, shebeing the daughterof Powhatan, theking concerningwhom I have already set down many things. At first Captain Smith was of the belief that she hadcome on some errand; but after much questioning,more by signs than words, it came out, as we understoodthe matter, that the girl was in Jamestown for no otherpurpose than to see what we white people were like. Captain Smith was minded that she should be satis-fied, so far as her curiosity was concerned, for whenthe dinner had come to an end, and I had given thiskings daughter some dry, sweet grass on which towipe her hands and mouth, he conducted her around. 102 RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN the village, allowing that she look in upon the tentsand houses at her pleasure. She stayed with us until the sun was within an hourof setting, and then darted off into the forest as does astartled pheasant, stopping for a single minute whenshe had got among the trees, to wave her hand, as ifbidding us good-bye, or in plain mischief. CAPTAIN KENDALLS PLOT It is not possible my memory will serve me to tell ofall that was done by us in Jamestown after we werecome to our senses through the efforts of my master;but the killing of Captain Kendall is one of the manyterrible happenings in Virginia, which will never beforgotten so long as I shall live. After our people were relieved from the faminethrough the gifts from the Indians and the coming ofwild fowl, Captain Smith set about making some plansto provide us with food during the winter, and tothat end he set off in the shallop to trade with thesavages, tak
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