The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith
Long, long ago, when the Indians owned the land, there lived in Virginia, near the river afterwards called the James, a little girl, the Princess Pocahontas, daughter of the great chief Powhatan.
Pocahontas was her father's favorite child, and the pet of the whole tribe; even the fierce warriors loved her sunny ways.
She was a child of nature, and the birds trusted her and came at her call. She knew their songs, and where they built their nests. So she roamed the woods, and learned the ways of all the wild things, and grew to be a care-free maiden.
In far-away England was a doughty youth, John Smith, who dreamed of battle and adventure. Though but a boy, he had already fought as a soldier in the wars of France, and later in Flanders.
And these two, the wild little Indian girl and the warrior boy, now so far apart, in time were to meet and become great friends.
At home again in Lincolnshire after dangerous travels, the youth still longed for the strife and glory of the fray.
He retired to a quiet spot in the wood, and lived in a camp of his own making, where he read tales of war and knights-errant, and in his enthusiasm fought imaginary enemies. At last he could bear dreaming no longer, and started off again to roam the world in search of adventure.
E. Boyd Smith
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THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
TOLD AND PICTURED BY E. BOYD SMITH
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
LIST OF COLORED PLATES
THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
1. POCAHONTAS
2. JOHN SMITH
3. HOW CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH WON HIS SPURS
4. STRANGE TALES OF A STRANGE PEOPLE
5. THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN
6. THE LANDING OF THE COLONISTS—1607
7. THE AMBUSH
8. BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS
9. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH A PRISONER
10. THE DANCE OF VICTORY
11-12. POCAHONTAS SAVES CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH'S LIFE
13. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH AGAIN FREE
14. POCAHONTAS BRINGS FOOD TO THE COLONISTS
15. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH GOES IN SEARCH OF CORN
16. POCAHONTAS'S WARNING
17. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH SAILS FOR ENGLAND
18. POCAHONTAS IS CAPTURED BY ARGALL
19. THE MARRIAGE OF POCAHONTAS
20. THE LANDING OF POCAHONTAS IN ENGLAND
21-22. POCAHONTAS AT THE COURT OF JAMES THE FIRST
23. THE MEETING OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
24. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH GOES TO SEA AGAIN
25. POCAHONTAS LONGS FOR HOME
26. THE END OF THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS