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12 nov 2009 · Learn about John Smith, the English soldier and explorer who claimed to be saved by Pocahontas, a Native American woman. Find out how he founded Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America, and his later adventures and writings.
20 feb 2024 · Learn the true story of Pocahontas, the Powhatan "princess" who was kidnapped by John Smith and became a translator and ambassador between the Native Americans and the English colonists. Discover how her life and legacy have been distorted by myths and misinterpretations for centuries.
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- Jackie Mansky,Sonja Anderson
Learn about Pocahontas, the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of the Powhatan Chiefdom, and her encounter with Captain John Smith, the famous English explorer. Discover how she was involved in the early relations between the Powhatan and the English, and how her story has been told and remembered.
Captain John Smith said her “wit, and spirit” made her stand out. Smith first met Pocahontas when he was captured a few weeks after the first colonists’ arrival in the area.
2 apr 2014 · John Smith was a British soldier who helped establish the American colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s. He claimed to have been saved from death by Pocahontas, the daughter of Powhatan, the chief of the native tribes in the region.
Pocahontas Saving the Life of Captain John Smith, chromolithograph, c. 1870. By the account of colonial leader John Smith, she interceded to save Smith’s life in December of that year, after he had been taken prisoner by her father’s men.
