needle may show him how to be chief in your
place, Powhatan.

A BRAVE. Yes, yes! That is true!

ALL BRAVES. Yes, yes!

MEDICINE MAN. He is too wise to live, great chief!

BRAVES. Yes, yes, yes!

(_Pause._)

POWHATAN. Bind him to the ground, braves! Put his head on that stone
there!

SMITH. Powhatan! I beg you--

POWHATAN. Take him, braves! Be ready with your war clubs!

[_The braves throw Captain Smith on the ground, and stand over him with
uplifted clubs. Enter_ POCAHONTAS. _She runs to Captain Smith and kneels
beside him, shielding his head with her arms. Enter_ WOMEN _and_
CHILDREN.]

POCAHONTAS. You shall not kill him!

POWHATAN. My daughter! Come away!

POCAHONTAS. You shall not kill him! You shall not kill him!

A WOMAN. Pocahontas!

A GIRL. Pocahontas! They will kill you!

SECOND GIRL. Pocahontas! Come away! Come away!

POCAHONTAS. I will not move!

MEDICINE MAN. Drag her away, braves! Drag her away, I say!

POWHATAN. Do not dare to touch her! Do you hear? Do not dare to touch
her! The Great Spirit lives in the child! The Great Spirit has breathed
His courage into her! Captain Smith, you shall live and go in peace. I,
Powhatan, do say these words!

POCAHONTAS SAVES JAMESTOWN

SCENE I

TIME: _One evening; three hundred years ago._
PLACE: _Indian camp near Jamestown, Virginia._

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CHIEF POWHATAN.
BRAVES.
MEDICINE MAN.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
POCAHONTAS.

* * * * *

[POWHATAN, MEDICINE MAN, _and_ BRAVES _sit around the fire in council.
The_ WOMEN _and_ CHILDREN, POCAHONTAS _among them, are near._]

POWHATAN. I speak, my children.

BRAVES. We hear, great chief.

POWHATAN. Who among you loves the white man?

(_There is silence._)

Again I ask, who among you loves the white man?

(_There is silence._)

MEDICINE MAN. The white men are not our friends, Chief Powhatan.

A BRAVE. They take our land from us.

SECOND BRAVE. They take our corn from us.

THIRD BRAVE. They will not let us fish in our own rivers.

MEDICINE MAN. They are too wise for Powhatan's children.

POWHATAN. They are too wise for Powhatan.

MEDICINE MAN. Not one should live in our great forests!

A BRAVE. We should not leave one white man in their village!

SECOND BRAVE. Nor a white woman!

THIRD BRAVE. Nor a white child!

POWHATAN. I think with you, my children. Your words are my words.

MEDICINE MAN. This night we shoul