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Rountree, Helen C., 1944-

Title Pocahontas Powhatan Opechancanough : three Indian lives changed by Jamestown / Helen C. Rountree.

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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2006.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	975.54251 R761p 2006	---	Available
Axe Kansas Collection J Schick	975.54251 R761p 2006 c.2	---	Lib Use Only

Edition	1st pbk. ed.
Description	xii, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-280) and index.
Contents	Setting the scene -- The VIP lifestyle -- Introducing the chiefly family -- Expanding his dominions -- Watching from a distance -- Meeting a captive Englishman -- The alliance's creaky beginning -- Allies who did not behave like allies -- The breakdown of the alliance -- Contain them, then let them starve -- Return with a vengeance -- Hostage situation, with an unusual denouement -- Interview with a wily old man -- Pocahontas in England -- Unofficially in control -- The Great Assault of 1622 -- A war of attrition, including an English massacre -- Running out of time.
Subject	Powhatan Indians -- Virginia -- Jamestown -- Biography.
	Powhatan Indians -- Virginia -- Jamestown -- History.
	Jamestown (Va.) -- History.
	Pocahontas, -1617.
	Powhatan, approximately 1550-1618.
	Opechancanough, -1646.
ISBN	0813925967 (pbk.)
	9780813925967 (pbk.)
Standard No.	YDXCP 2425996