John Smith (January 9, 1580 - June 1631)

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John Smith (January 9, 1580 - June 1631)
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John Smith

• English adventurer and soldier
• One of 105 settlers who sailed from England on
  December 19, 1606, and landed in Virginia on
  April 26, 1607.
• Became one of the 7 leaders of new colony
• Led expeditions exploring Chesapeake Bay and the
  New England coast.

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John Smith

• The settlers established Jamestown (VA) on May
  24, 1607
• became the first permanent English settlement in
  North America
• Smith was the colony's leader and also led
  hunting and exploration expeditions around the
  area.

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John Smith

• On a trip later that year, Smith was taken
  captive by the Chief of the Powhatan Indians and
  was condemned to death.
• According to Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of the
  Indian chief, saved his life.

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John Smith

• By the end of the first year, most of the
  settlers had died of starvation or disease.
• Imposed order by forcing everyone to work
• In 1608, Smith led a small expedition exploring
  the Chesapeake Bay area (as far north as
  Baltimore).
• On their return trip, they also went up the
  Potomac River (up to Washington, D.C.).

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John Smith

• Smith almost died while returning to Jamestown
  he caught a stingray that stung him and almost
  killed him.
• After returning to Jamestown, he set out again to
  explore more of Chesapeake Bay, mapping much of
  the area.

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John Smith

• More settlers arrived at the Jamestown colony in
  August 1609.
• Smith was injured in a gunpowder explosion in
  September 1609
• left for England in October 1609
• Smith sailed to America again in 1614, traveling
  to what he called New England, the area from
  Maine and Massachusetts.
• He returned to England with furs.

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John Smith Pocahontas

• The first version of the story of Smiths
  captivity did not feature Pocahontas.
• She was probably about 13 years old at the time
  Smith was captured.
• A True Relation of Virginia (1608)
• The more well known account appeared in The
  Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and
  the Summer Isles
• some 15 years after the actual event

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John Smith Pocahontas

• Scholars speculate that Smith may have added
  Pocahontas to his narrative to capitalize on her
  fame.
• She had married John Rolfe, an Englishman
• Later travelled to England in 1616, where she was
  a court favorite

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John Smith Pocahontas

• There is a recognizable pattern of many later
  accounts of white male Europeans or Americans who
  are saved from death by the intervention of
  Native American women.

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John Smith Pocahontas

• Dearborne
• Pocahontasa favorite heroine of American
  culture, has achieved that status only through
  representations. The only means by which her
  story can be told is by piecing together the
  accounts of others, by studying interpretations
  of her image in literature, history, and cultural
  iconography.

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• the real Pocahontas
• Actual name
• Matoaka

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