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    A leader has many responsibilities as a role model and caretaker for their people. Facing hard challenges and knowing how to deal with them is a part of being a great leader all of which are Chief Powhatan showed. Chief Powhatan whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh, was the superior chief of Tsenacommacah, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607. In his address to Captain John Smith Chief Powhatan

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    Captain Smith’s page. I did have to invent Samuel’s backstory – his family life and origins. The records indicate that Samuel went with Captain Smith on two expeditions. The first was to Werowocomoco, in the fall of 1608, where the Indian maidens did their “warriors” dance. On the second expedition, en route to Werowocomoco, Samuel was left to live at the Warraskoyack village for a time. Samuel did stay in Virginia when Captain Smith left for England. The four boys who came over on those first ships

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    conquistadors who led to the discovery of what would become known as the Powhatan Indians after they found and kidnapped a young Algonquian boy. In 1607, the English founded the colony of Jamestown in Virgina, just ten miles from the Powhatan capital of Werowocomoco. The Powhatans were later forced to move their capital up the Chickahominy River to Orapax to create distance between the Powhatans and the English settlers. The history between the Powhatan Indians and the Europeans is a long one that passes through

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    What Is Pocahontas?

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    real-life story about Pocahontas, not the Disney nor fairytale that most people are likely to recognize her by. Pocahontas was an empowering Powhatan Native American woman during the early 17th century. She was born into the Powhatan tribe in Werowocomoco, Virginia around 1595 and passed away in Gravesend, England of 1617. The family of tribes that Pocahontas belonged to was called the Tsenacommacah, and they occupied the region of Tidewater, Virginia. In her home-tribe, she was considered to be

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    You are commonly known as a beautiful Native American princess, but I think our listeners want to learn more about your background. Would you please tell us? Pocahontas: Absolutely! I was born in 1595, in the Powhatan nation, in the village of Werowocomoco; today, this area is Virginia. My father was the Powhatan, or chief, and my mother was one of his many wives. You see, whoever was the Powhatan would marry a woman, but once their first child was born, the wife’s royal status dropped, and he would

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    Pocahontas was born in 1597. In 1607 the natives welcomed English at Jamestown. The settlers say that about 200 armed natives attacked Jamestown on May 26. In early December, John Smith is captured by the Powhatan tribe. In late December, Smith was taken to Chief Powhatan. In 1608 Chief Powhatan released Smith. Smith wrote a book about his captivity. In 1614 John Rolfe and Pocahontas got married. Pocahontas and her family sailed to England in 1616. John Smith claims he wrote

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    English view of Native Americans in early seventeenth-century According to the English, Native Americans in early seventeenth century Virginia left an imprint on the New England earth. They traditionally settled near water and in small groups, and not in a larger population. They also made little benefit of their land, being never fertile. The English settlers were very taken at the fact they didn’t use the land to the best it could be used. They were tall, brown and proportionate appearance

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    In the fourth chapter of the book, The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History, Dr. Linwood “Little Bear” Custalow and Angela C. Daniel “Silver Star” focus on the relationship between John Smith and the Powhatans as well as his continuing misrepresentation of the past. They claim that Smith lied about being held captive, saved, and his relations with the Powhatans. First, the authors mentioned how the relations between the colonists and the Powhatans deteriorated due to the ongoing

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    While it is impossible to truly elaborate or even go into much detail on the exploits of Captain John Smith’s life, in this paper I will be covering several of his many achievements. In addition, I will be dispelling several of the popular myths in regards to his life that many modern day Americans believe in. Some of these more modern day myths or false narratives are due to his story being adapted and changed in order to make a children’s video by Disney, while others have been debated by historians

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    similarities as well as differences too. Facts about Pocahontas If you have never heard of Pocahontas, she was a woman born around 1596, who died in March, 1617. She was a Native American Indian. Her real name was Matoaka and was born in Werowocomoco, now known as Virginia, in the United States. Her parents were Wahunsenacawh and Pocahontas. She got her nickname Pocahontas from her mum. Her spouse was John Rolfe and her child was Thomas Rolfe.

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