ce in the hut in the forest, just before
Powhatan freed Smith and allowed him to return to Jamestown, was one he
could not comprehend. Modern historians believe that it was probably the
ceremony of adoption by which Smith was made one of the tribe.

In many places in this story I have not only followed closely Smith's
own narrative of what occurred, but have made use of the very words in
which he recorded the conversations. For instance the incident related
on page 101 was set down by Smith himself; on pages 144, 154, 262 the
words are those of Smith as given in his history; on pages 173, 195,
260, 300 the words of Powhatan or Pocahontas as Smith relates them.

There may be readers of this story who will want to know what became of
Pocahontas. She fell ill of a fever just as she was about to sail home
for Virginia and died in Gravesend, where she was buried. Her son Thomas
Rolfe was educated in England and went to Virginia when he was grown.
His daughter Jane married John Bolling, and among their descendants
have been many famous men and women, including Edith Bolling (Mrs. Galt)
who married President Woodrow Wilson.

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CONTENTS

I THE RETURN Of THE WARRIORS

II POCAHONTAS AND THE MEDICINE MAN

III MIDNIGHT IN THE FOREST

IV RUNNING THE GAUNTLET

V THE GREAT BIRDS

VI JOHN SMITH'S TEMPTATION

VII A FIGHT IN THE SWAMP

VIII POCAHONTAS DEFIES POWHATAN

IX SMITH'S GAOLER

X THE LODGE IN THE WOOD

XI POCAHONTAS VISITS JAMESTOWN

XII POWHATAN'S AMBASSADOR

XIII POWHATAN'S CORONATION

XIV A DANGEROUS SUPPER

XV A FAREWELL

XVI CAPTAIN ARGALL TAKES A PRISONER

XVII POCAHONTAS LOSES A FRIEND

XVIII A BAPTISM IN JAMESTOWN

XIX JOHN ROLFE

XX THE WEDDING

XXI ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF

XXII POCAHONTAS IN ENGLAND

ILLUSTRATIONS

The white figure moved rapidly

"We choose to-day," he cried

"Let us be friends and allies, oh Powhatan"

"I will lead the princess"

Virginia in 1606--from Captain John Smith's Map

"Nay, nay," cried Pocahontas, "thou must not go"

"Do not shoot, Mark!"

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THE PRINCESS POCAHONTAS

CHAPTER I

THE RETURN OF THE WARRIORS

Through the white forest came Opechanchanough and his b