Pocahontas

             as was the love relationship between Rolfe and Pocahontas. The writer said she was.
             held captive and as part of a trade off for marriage she received her freedom. (http://.
             www.powhatan.org/pocc.html) The following are other searched areas about her life.
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             It is believed that she was born 1595-96. She grew up in Virginia; living her life in .
             the counties of Herico, Gloucester, and Chesterfield. (wwwco.chesterfield.va.us/tourism/ .
             citieofhenricus.asp). She was probably a favorite of her father's, Chief Powhatan of the .
             Algonquin Nation who ruled a confederacy of some forty Indian villages or tribes in .
             eastern Virginia. .
             Pocahontas was a curious child who became acquainted with the English colonists.
             who settled in the Chesapeake Bay area in 1607. She watched intently as the colonists .
             built a fort and searched for food. It was her brother who captured John Smith the next .
             year, in 1608. (www.incwell.com/Biographies/Pocahontas.html). As legend has it, .
             courageous Pocahontas threw herself down and cradled Smith's head before he was to be .
             clubbed to death by her father's braves. Her father spared his life. Many historians doubt .
             the story; it is not found in Smith's detailed personal narrative written at the time. .
             (http://encarta.msn.com). The first time John Smith actually told the story about his .
             rescue was 17 years later when it appeared in Smiths Generall Historie of Virginia .
             (1624). (http://www.powhatan.org/pocc.html).
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             Chief Powhatan was fascinated with guns and Smith had promised to deliver some .
             to him, but he did not keep his promise; instead he sent many other presents. He was liked .
             by the natives. Pocahontas and other tribal women visited the fort where Smith lived and .
             brought food to the settlers. .
             In 1609 John Smith was elected President of the Jamestown Council. However, .
             he was badly burned in a gun powder explosion and was quickly put on a ship bound for .
             home. It was widely believed that he had died.