The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . to them,and so diverted them from putting him to death. TheIndians led him from one of their villages to another,probably to satisfy the curiosity of their people regard-ing this strange captive. He was brought at lengthto Powhatan, the head chief of about thirty tribes,who after a while set him free and sent himback to Jamestown. During this captivity he won thefriendship of Pocahontas, one of the daughters of Pow-hatan. She was then about ten or eleven years old,and Captain Smith greatly admired her. Many yearsa
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . to them,and so diverted them from putting him to death. TheIndians led him from one of their villages to another,probably to satisfy the curiosity of their people regard-ing this strange captive. He was brought at lengthto Powhatan, the head chief of about thirty tribes,who after a while set him free and sent himback to Jamestown. During this captivity he won thefriendship of Pocahontas, one of the daughters of Pow-hatan. She was then about ten or eleven years old,and Captain Smith greatly admired her. Many yearsafterward he said that Powhatan had at one time or-dered his brains beaten out, and that, when his headwas laid upon a stone for that purpose, Pocahontas hadput her arms about his neck and saved his life. Thestory is so pretty and romantic that one does not liketo disbelieve it. 26 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Captaiexplor p^ Island John Smith was the first to exploreChesapeake Bay, which he did in twovoyages, enduring many hardships withcheerfuhiess. When it was cold, Smithand his men would move their fire twoor three times of a night, that theymight have the warm ground to lieupon. He managed the Indians well,getting corn for the settlers; he con-trived to put down several mutinies atJamestown, and rendered many otherservices to the colon3^ He was theleading man in the settlement, and came at lengthto be governor. But when many hundreds of newsettlers were brought out under men who were hisenemies, and Smith had been injured by an explosionof gunpowder, he gave up the government and wentback to England. He afterward explored the coastnorth of Cape Cod, and named that countr}- New Eng-land. His chief fault was a vanit}- that led him tomake the most of his adventures, which appear to havebeen romantic enough, even when allowance is made forhis proneness to e
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