Historical Dictionary of Colonial America by William A. Pencak

Author:William A. Pencak [Pencak]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2011-11-25T05:00:00+00:00

Published in 1870, this print of Pocahontas and John Smith represents the traditional view of the subject: that the Indian princess saved Smith’s life in 1608. Historians today, however, believe Smith was really taking part in an adoption ceremony that Powhatan (also depicted stopping the “execution”) used to initiate subordinate chiefs who came under his rule. The Indians would not have been impressed at the time by the small, struggling colony of Jamestown.

Source: Library of Congress.

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