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Tale of smith changes xy hapu1/5/2023 Smith, little dreaming of that accident, being got to the marshes at the river's head, twenty miles in the desert, had his two men slain, as is supposed, sleeping by the canoe, whilst himself by fowling sought them victual: finding he was beset with 200 savages, two of them he slew, still defending himself with the aid of a savage his guide, whom he bound to his arm with his garters, and used him as a buckler, yet he was shot in his thigh a little, and had many arrows that stuck in his clothes but no great hurt, till at last they took him prisoner. opportunity to the savages to surprise one George Cassen, whom they slew, and much failed not to have cut off the boat and all the rest. The next voyage he proceeded so far that with much labor by cutting of trees asunder he made his passage but when his barge could pass no farther, he left her in a broad bay out of danger of shot, commanding none should go ashore till his return: himself with two English and two savages went up higher in a canoe but he was not long absent but his men went ashore, whose want of government gave both occasion and. "And now, the winter approaching, the rivers became so covered with swans, geese, ducks, and cranes, that we daily feasted with good bread, Virginia peas, pumpkins, and putchamins, fish, fowl, and divers sorts of wild beasts as fat as we could eat them: so that none of our tuftaffety humorists desired to go for Englandīut our comedies never endured long without a tragedy some idle exceptions being muttered against Captain Smith for not discovering the head of Chickahamania River, and taxed by the Council to be too slow in so worthy an attempt. Smith refers to himself in the third person: However, theĪccount permanently etched his name in American folklore. Of the event we have and some historians doubt its authenticity. Smith published his account of the incident in 1624. Or 12), throws herself between him and his attackers causing her father to relent. The plan is thwarted only when the chief's daughter, Pocahontas (then aged 11 To have the Englishman clubbed to death in a ritual ceremony. After two months in captivity, Powhatan determines After killing his two companions, the Indians take Smith The story begins when Smith and two English companionsĪre ambushed by Indians. His independence and abrasiveness disqualified him from any further royal sponsorship and he spent the rest of his life in England writing of his adventures. He did return to the New World, however, as part of an expedition to explore Maine and Massachusetts in 1614 giving the area the name New England. Smith sailed to England in late 1609 to recover. Together and narrowly avoided extinction. Leadership (he was soon elected president of the colony) held the colonists Squabbling and starvation all threatened to destroy the colony. Disease, severe weather, Indian attacks, laziness, internal The inexperienced colonists struggled for their survival in the harsh environment They discovered Smith's name on the list. Virginia Company to govern the new colony. Leaders opened a locked box containing the names of seven men selected by the Arriving in Virginia in April 1607, the expedition The voyage lastedįour months during which the abrasive Smith so irritated his fellow colonists Joined the expedition which left England in December 1606. The Virginia Company had recentlyīeen granted a charter by King James I to colonize Virginia and Smith eagerly Twenty-five-year-old Smith soon grew restless. Released from military duty with a large reward, Smith made his way back to England in 1604. He escaped by murdering his master, returned to Hungary and rejoined the fighting. Captured by the Turks, Smith was enslaved and transported to Istanbul. In 1600 he joined Austrian forces fighting the Turks in Hungary. Two years later he signed on as a crew member of a Mediterranean merchant ship. In 1596, at age 16, Smith left his home in England to fight against Spain in support of Dutch independence from the Spanish Crown.
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