The caption for this 1902 illustration reads: ‘Pocahontas darted forward and thus prevented my death - from Captain John Smith's Narrative.’ English Captain John Smith guided the colonists through difficult times in the Jamestown settlement of 1607. Tradition (not authenticated) says that Pocahontas saved him from death at the hands of Native Americans. Pocahontas, c. 1595–1617, was the daughter of American Indian chief Powhatan. She married John Rolfe, an English colonist in Virginia.
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The caption for this 1902 illustration reads: ‘Pocahontas darted forward and thus prevented my death - from Captain John Smith's Narrative.’ English Captain John Smith guided the colonists through difficult times in the Jamestown settlement of 1607. Tradition (not authenticated) says that Pocahontas saved him from death at the hands of Native Americans. Pocahontas, c. 1595–1617, was the daughter of American Indian chief Powhatan. She married John Rolfe, an English colonist in Virginia.

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17th century Pocahontas John Smith Jamestown settlement New World Virginia history Virginia American colonies Captain John Smith historic Jamestowne historic Jamestown John Rolfe Powhatan English settlements in Virginia English colonies American Indians Indians Native American England English history Indian chief English in New World English in Virginia 1600s 17th century

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