Our first century . s that it passed current as money. As it wasforbidden to carry gold and silver coin away from Eng-land, there was almost no money at all in the colony, andtobacco took its place—a currency uncertain of value, butat least possessed of great purchasing power. It was three or four years earlier than this that oneCaptain Argall bribed some Indians to deliver Poca-hontas, the daughter of Powhatan, into his hands. Histhought was that if the colony could get possession ofPowhatans daughter the fact would serve as a basis of ne-gotiation with the Indians and might in that way allay
Our first century . s that it passed current as money. As it wasforbidden to carry gold and silver coin away from Eng-land, there was almost no money at all in the colony, andtobacco took its place—a currency uncertain of value, butat least possessed of great purchasing power. It was three or four years earlier than this that oneCaptain Argall bribed some Indians to deliver Poca-hontas, the daughter of Powhatan, into his hands. Histhought was that if the colony could get possession ofPowhatans daughter the fact would serve as a basis of ne-gotiation with the Indians and might in that way allaysomewhat the hostility of the red men. Pocahontas was probably a willing enough captive ; she had played among the whites in Jamestown in her ^- She was first converted into a Christian by baptism andbecame the Lady Pocahontas. (From engraving in first edition of JohnSmiths General History.) Her marriage took place in 1614 and two years latershe went to England with her husband, and was receivedat court as a princess, though her husband was for a4ime threatened with pains and penalties for having mar- 52 OUR FIRST CENTURY ried a royal princess—he being a commoner—withoutthe permission of the sovereign. Pocahontas died in England leaving one son, a half-breed, from whom some of the greatest families in Vir-ginia are proud to claim their lineage. By this time the colony was slowly extending itselfand receiving new immigrants of a betterclass than thefirst settlers. New fields were opened and cultivatedoutside of Jamestown and new settlements were made invarious parts of the region round about. More important still the personal ownership of landhad been by this time greatly extended so that industrywas stimulated by the prospect of personal advantagefrom it. Even yet however the home-making inst
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