Pocahontas and her world : a chronicle of America's first settlement in which is related the story of the Indians and the Englishmen, particularly Captain John Smith, Captain Samuel Argall, and Master John Rolfe / Philip L. Barbour.
xx, 320 pages, [12] p. of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-299) and index.
Contents
Chronology -- "In the gloom and silence of the dark and impenetrable forest" -- The whitemen -- Pocahontas and Captain John Smith -- Powhatan and John Smith -- While Powhatan watched : the starving time -- Samuel Argall of Kent : half-idle onlooker at Jamestown -- Jamestown challenges the Indians -- Pocahontas and Captain Argall -- John Rolfe meets Pocahontas -- Pocahontas' wedding and peace with the Indians -- Peace within the colony -- Leaving the forest behind -- Pocahontas (and John Smith) in London -- Peace draws to a close -- "Like a death-web spun" -- The aftermath -- What happened to the three Englishmen in Pocahontas' life -- Appendixes. Notes on so-called relics of Powhatan and Pocahontas -- Notes on the Rolfe family -- John Rolfe's letter to Sir Thomas Dale regarding his marriage to Pocahontas.
