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Pocahontas (Matoaka, and later known as Rebecca Rolfe, c. 1595–1617) was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him. The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, first published in 1906. Elmer Boyd Smith (1860-1943) was an American author. He was born in St. John, New Brunswick, raised in Boston and educated in France. He worked for the Riverside Press in Boston then he travelled to Paris where he studied drawings and paintings. In 1896 he wrote and illustrated his first work entitled My Village. In 1898 he returned to Boston where he illustrated books for Houghton Mifflin.

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 their songs, and where they built their nests. So she roamed the woods, and learned the ways of all the wild things, and grew to be a care-free maiden.

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 their songs, and where they built their nests. So she roamed the woods, and learned the ways of all the wild things, and grew to be a care-free maiden.

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Elmer Boyd Smith (1860-1943) was an American author. He was born in St. John, New Brunswick, raised in Boston and educated in France. He worked for the Riverside Press in Boston then he travelled to Paris where he studied drawings and paintings. In 1896 he wrote and illustrated his first work entitled My Village. In 1898 he returned to Boston where he illustrated books for Houghton Mifflin. His other works include: The Story of Pocahontas and Captain Smith (1906), The Story of Noah's Ark (1909), The Chicken World (1910), The Farm Book (1910), The Seashore Book (1912), The Railroad Book (1913), The Early Life of Mr. Man Before Noah (1914) and The Story of Our Country (1920).

Physical description; obl. 4º. Includes color illustrations and decorated endpapers. Summary; The famous story of the romance of John Smith and Pocahontas has been written about in novels and children's books, dramatized in plays and animated films and immortalized through famous paintings. According to historians, though, the tale could be completely untrue. According to a passage in John Smith's diary, he was captured and taken to meet Chief Powhatan at Werowocomoco, the main village of the tribal nation. As the natives were about to behead Smith, Pocahontas threw herself across his body, pleaded to her father to release him and saw his safe return back to Jamestown. Harvard historian Henry Brooks Adams is one of many academics who have attempted to debunk Smith's claim. While Smith believed Indians had captured him, historians believe that he could have been involved in a tribal ceremony where participants go through a series of events that symbolize death and rebirth to initiate them as a member of the tribe. While there is no way to prove either account, the episode between John Smith, Pocahontas and Chief Powhatan lead to a friendly relationship between the settlers and the Native Americans and, ultimately, a successful Virginia colony. Subjects; Pocahontas -1617. Smith, John 1580-1631. Genre; Biography.