A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . who introduced the culture of tobacco in 1612, married the following year, •:-? ? * his wife being Pocahontas, the Indian maiden who had savedCaptain Smiths life, and whohad now grown to was baptized in the littlechurch of Jamestown, and theremarried to young Rolfe. Threeyears afterward he took her toEngland, where her grace andsimplicity of manners won thegreatest admiration. As shewas about to return to Virginiawith her husband, she suddenlysickened and died. She left aninfant son, who gained distincti
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . who introduced the culture of tobacco in 1612, married the following year, •:-? ? * his wife being Pocahontas, the Indian maiden who had savedCaptain Smiths life, and whohad now grown to was baptized in the littlechurch of Jamestown, and theremarried to young Rolfe. Threeyears afterward he took her toEngland, where her grace andsimplicity of manners won thegreatest admiration. As shewas about to return to Virginiawith her husband, she suddenlysickened and died. She left aninfant son, who gained distinction in later life, and fromwhom many Virginians of to-day are indirectly or directlydescended. This marriage had one important effect. It won thefriendship of Powhatan, the father of Pocahontas, for thecolonists. There was no more trouble with the Indianswhile he lived, while his death was quickly followed by amassacre. Importation of Women.—Rolfes seeking an Indianbride may have been partly due to the lack of youngwomen in Virginia. There were married women there,. MaIIKIACJH (IK IOCAHONTAS. THE COLONY IN VIRGINIA. 69 but few maidens. This was a serious defect in the organi-zation of the colony, and the London Company, perceivingthis want, sent over ninety young women as wives for thecolonists. The price for the passage of each was fixed atone hundred pounds of the best tobacco,—afterward it wentup to one hundred and fifty pounds,—a sum which had tobe paid by the young planters who wanted these maidensfor wives. The price was willingly paid, and the demandwas so brisk that the first importation was quickly disposedof, and others were sent for. The Need of Laborers.—The demand for new immi-grants was not confined to wives. Laborers were asgreatly needed. The rapidly growing cultivation of thetobacco plant had caused the taking up of large tracts ofland, divided into numerous plantations, and needingmany hands alike for work in the fields, the curing of theleaf, and its
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