Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . PnOAHONTAS INTERCEDING FOR THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. 176 CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. cannon in their presence, which so frightened them that they refused tohave anything to do with them. Having evaded his promise in thismanner, Smith bestowed more suitable presents upon his guides, and sentthem home with gifts for Powhatan and Pocahontas. The savage kingwas doubtless well satisfied to let the great guns alone after hearingthe report of his messengers concerning them, and was great
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . PnOAHONTAS INTERCEDING FOR THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. 176 CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. cannon in their presence, which so frightened them that they refused tohave anything to do with them. Having evaded his promise in thismanner, Smith bestowed more suitable presents upon his guides, and sentthem home with gifts for Powhatan and Pocahontas. The savage kingwas doubtless well satisfied to let the great guns alone after hearingthe report of his messengers concerning them, and was greatly pleasedwith the gifts sent him. _ Smith found the colony reduced to forty men and affairs in greatconfusion. His companions had believed that he had fallen a victim to the Indians, and he was greeted withdelight, as the need of his firm handhad been sadly felt. The friendship of the Indians for him now enabled him to buy from the savages the food necessary to sustain the colonists through the winter. In I many ways his captivity proved a great. blessing to the settlement. He had not only explored the country between the Rivers James and Potomac, and gained considerable knowledge of the language and customs of the natives, but had disposed the Indian tribes subject to Powhatan to regard the colony with friendship. Had the savages been hos- POCAHONTAS. tile during this winter the colony must have perished of starvation; but now, every few days throughout this season, Pocahontas came to the fort accompanied by a number of her tribe bearing baskets of com for the whites. This friendly feeling lasted for some years, but was finally the twenty-second of March, 1622, a general attack was made by thesavages upon all the settlements of the colony. On the previous nightthe plot had been revealed to a converted Indian named Chauco, who atonce hastened to Jamestown, the principal settlement, and gave warningof the danger. The alarm spread rapidly to the nearest settlements,
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