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Title: The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith

Author: E. Boyd Smith

Illustrator: E. Boyd Smith

Release Date: February 2, 2008 [EBook #24487]

Language: English

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THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS
AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH

TOLD AND PICTURED BY E. BOYD SMITH

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

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COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY E. BOYD SMITH
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Published November 1906._

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LIST OF COLORED PLATES

PLATE

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. 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

THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH

1. POCAHONTAS

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 thei