Published in 2018 by Britannica Educational Publishing a trademark of Encyclopædia Britan nica Inc in association with The Rosen Publishing Group Inc 29 East 21st Street New York NY 10010 Copyright 2018 The Rosen Publishing Group Inc and Encyclopædia Britannica Inc Ency clopædia Britannica Britannica and the Thistle logo are registered trademarks of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc All rights reserved Distributed exclusively by Rosen Publishing To see additional Britannica Educational Publishing titles go to rosenpublishing com First Edition Britannica Educational Publishing J E Luebering Executive Director Core Editorial Andrea R Field Managing Editor Compton’s by Britannica Rosen Publishing Heather Moore Niver Editor Nelson Sá Art Director Michael Moy Designer Cindy Reiman Photography Manager Heather Moore Niver Photo Researcher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Nagle Jeanne author Title Pocahontas facilitating exchange between the Powhatan and the Jamestown settlers Jeanne Nagle Description New York NY Britannica Educational Publishing 2018 Series Women who changed history Audience Grades 5-8 Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers LCCN 2017001517 ISBN 9781680486568 eBook Subjects LCSH Pocahontas 1617 Juvenile literature Powhatan women Biogra phy Juvenile literature Powhatan Indians History Juvenile literature Smith John 1580-1631 Juvenile literature Jamestown Va History Juvenile literature Jamestown Va Biography Juvenile literature Virginia History Colonial period ca 1600-1775 Juvenile literature Classification LCC E99 P85 N34 2018 DDC 975 501092 B dc23 LC record available at https lccn loc gov 2017001517 Manufactured in the United States of America Photo credits Cover Print Collector Hulton Archive Getty Images p 7 MPI Archive Photos Getty Images p 9 Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs by Norman B Wood 1906 p 11 Library of Congress Prints and Photograph Division pp 12 13 SuperStock p 14 Stephen Saks Photography Alamy Stock Photo p 17 alekseykh iStock Thinkstock p 19 JPTenor Alamy Stock Photo pp 21 29 Virginia Historical Society Richmond Virginia USA Bridgeman Images p 23 SuperStock Getty Images pp 24 25 MixPix Alamy Stock Photo p 26 Library of Congress Washington D C Digital File Number LC-DIG-pga-03343 p 30 Hulton Archive Hulton Royals Collection Getty Images p 31 Universal History Archive Universal Images Group Getty Images p 33 Kean Collection Archive Photos Getty Images pp 34 35 Peter Cripps Alamy Stock Photo p 37 Three Lions Hulton Royals Collection Getty Images p 39 Universal Images Group Getty Images p 40 Everett Collection Inc Alamy Stock Photo pp 42 43 Historic Map Works LLC Getty Images
INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE A YOUNG PRINCESS LEADS THE WAY CHAPTER TWO CAPTURE AND CONVERSION CHAPTER THREE LIFE IN ENGLAND CHAPTER FOUR LASTING INFLUENCE GLOSSARY FOR FURTHER READING INDEX 6 9 19 28 36 45 46 47 CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION I n the spring of 1606 King James I of England granted a charter to the Virginia Company of London The charter granted to the company the rights to settle explore and govern limited parts of the New World On December 20 of that year an expedition of about one hundred men sailed from London Five months later they anchored their three small ships the Godspeed the Discovery and the Susan Constant off the coast of a marshy peninsula 30 miles 48 kilometers up the James River in what is now the state of Virginia There they established the first permanent English set tlement in America Jamestown named after King James The location they had chosen appeared to have many advantages For instance their ships could pull up close to it in deep water for easy loading and unloading Also it was easy to defend Unfortunately the site was low damp swampy and unhealthful A combination of bad water from the river and disease-bearing mosquitoes sickened the settlers and many soon died Famine caused by limited food supplies added to the settlers difficulties in the early months of Jamestown’s founding At the same time in the same general area a young Native American princess named Matoaka was learning how to be a young woman of her tribe Nicknamed Poca hontas which means playful one in her native language she was a younger daughter of Powhatan chief of a feder ation of Algonquian Indian tribes As a young girl of ten or eleven Pocahontas would have been taught how to grow 6
INTRODUCTION 7 After issues of distrust were calmed the Jamestown settlers often traded with the Powhatan a nearby Native American tribe One of the regulars during these meetings was a young Pocahontas and collect food which in addition to whatever game the men hunted kept the tribe fed Before long the two groups would be forced to cross paths Pocahontas first became acquainted with the col onists who settled in the Chesapeake Bay area in 1607 A familiar story tells how she saved the life of Jamestown settler Captain John Smith Many historians doubt that the incident took place at least not in the way Smith told
