. Indians and pioneers; an historical reader for the young. sh, which he always caused tobe equally divided among the colony. From malaria and hunger there was such sick-ness in Jamestown that nearly half of the colonydied before September. Another writer said : Welived for the space of five months in this miserabledistress . as yet we had no houses to cover us,our tents were rotten, and our cabins worse thannought. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH AND POWHATAN. The man who wrote this about the tents andcabins was Captain John Smith. He had comewith the others, and was one of the kings a time
. Indians and pioneers; an historical reader for the young. sh, which he always caused tobe equally divided among the colony. From malaria and hunger there was such sick-ness in Jamestown that nearly half of the colonydied before September. Another writer said : Welived for the space of five months in this miserabledistress . as yet we had no houses to cover us,our tents were rotten, and our cabins worse thannought. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH AND POWHATAN. The man who wrote this about the tents andcabins was Captain John Smith. He had comewith the others, and was one of the kings a time he was made president. Smith wasone of the few men of tlie colony who was alwaysready to work—to build cabins, or fish, or hunt, 144 INDIANS AND PIONEERS. oi to lielp make the lof^ palisade around the settle-ment. He often took small parties of settlers intothe Indians country, to buy corn, and to carry outthe companys orders to explore the rivers and thebay. He gave the natives beads, pieces of copperand hatchets for their corn. He was so strong- und. Captain John Smith. brave with them, too, when they threatened to at-tack the white men, that the} feared and respectedhim and became good friends to the colony as longas he stayed in Jamestown. On one of Captain Smiths first visits to Pow- EARLIEST DAYS IN AMERICA. 145 hatans country, the great cliiets brother capturedthe white uian and his party, and threatened tokill them. But, by appearing not to be afraid,and by telling tales to interest and amuse the In-dian Emperor, Smith turned his captivity into apleasant visit, from which he went home laden withpresents. This is an account of the visit, with thecaptains spelling changed to ours. MAKING FRIENDS OF ENEMIES. Arriving at Weramocomoco, their Emperor. . kindly welcomed me with good words andgreat platters of sundry victuals, assuring me ofhis friendship and my liberty within four admired and was not a little fearedwhen Smith told him of the great king of Eng-l
Size: 1375px × 1816px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade189, booksubjectindiansofnorthamerica
