Pocahontas
Pocahontas
was
a
beautiful
Indian
maiden,
the
daughter
of
the
great
chief,
Powhatan,
and
she
was
so
good
and
kind
that
she
was
loved
by
all
the
tribe
over
which
her
father
ruled.
She
lived
in
the
forests
of
Virginia,
with
the
birds
and
squirrels
for
her
companions.
She
was
an
Indian
princess,
but
she
learned
to
cook
and
to
sew
and
to
weave
mats,
just
like
the
other
Indian
girls.
She
liked
to
embroider,
too,
and
spent
many
happy
hours
decorating
her
dresses
with
the
pretty
colored
shells
and
beads
that
were
given
to
her
father.
One
day,
when
she
was
twelve
years
old,
an
Indian
came
to
Powhatan
and
told
him
a
white
man
had
been
captured
and
brought
to
the
village.
"He
is
a
wonderful
man,"
said
the
scout.
"He
can
talk
to
his
friends
by
making
marks
on
paper,
and
he
can
make
a
fire
without
a
flint."
"Bring
him
here,"
said
the
chief,
and
Captain
John
Smith
was
brought
before
Powhatan.
The
chief
received
the
prisoner
in
his
wigwam,
and
talked
with
him,
asking
him
many
questions.
Captain
Smith
told
the
Indians
that
the
earth
was
round,
and
that
the
sun
chased
the
night
around
it.
He
said
that
the
sun
that
set
in
the
west
at
night
was
the
same
sun
that
rose
in
the
east
in
the
morning.
He
showed
them
his
compass
and
told
them
how
it
guided
him
through
the
forest.
At
last
the
Indians
began
to
fear
him,
thinking
that
so
wise
and
powerful
a
man
might
do
them
some
harm.
So,
after
holding
him
as
a
prisoner
for
many
days,
they
decided
to
put
him
to
death.
In
the
meantime
Captain
Smith
and
Pocahontas
had
become
the
best
of
friends.
He
told
her
many
stories
of
his
childhood
in
a
land
across
the
sea
of
the
blue
eyed,
fair
haired
boys
and
girls,
of
their
toys
and
games,
their
homes
and
schools,
and
how
they
learned
to
read
and
write.
So
when
Pocahontas
learned
that
her
dear
friend
must
die,
she
felt
very
sad,
and
tried
to
think
of
some
way
of
saving
his
life.
And
she
did
save
his
life,
for
just
as
Captain
Smith
was
to
be
killed,
the
child
threw
her
arms
about
his
neck,
and
begged
her
father
to
spare
the
white
man's
life,
for
her
sake.
Powhatan
loved
his
little
daughter,
and
wished
to
please
her
in
everything,
so
he
promised
to
set
the
prisoner
free,
and
to
send
him
at
once
to
his
friends.
Pocahontas
often
visited
Captain
Smith,
and
learned
to
know
and
love
his
friends.
In
later
years
she
went
to
England
to
see
the
fair
haired
boys
and
girls
and
the
homes
and
schools
he
had
told
her
about
during
his
captivity.
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