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Pocahontas May Be The Most Famous Native American Who Ever Lived, But During The Settlement Of Jamestown, The Great Chiefs Powhatan And Opechancanough Were The Subjects Of Considerably More Interest And Historical Documentation Than The Young Woman. It Was Opechancanough Who Captured The Foreign Captain Chawnzmit--john Smith. Smith Gave Opechancanough A Compass, Described To Him A Spherical Earth That Revolved Around The Sun, And Wondered If His Captor Was A Cannibal. Opechancanough, Who Was No Cannibal And Knew The World Was Flat, Presented Smith To His Elder Brother, The Paramount Chief Powhatan. The Chief, Who Took The Name Of His Tribe As His Throne Name (his Personal Name Was Wahunsenacawh), Negotiated With Smith Over A Lavish Feast And Opened The Town To Him, Leading Smith To Meet, Among Others, Powhatan's Daughter Pocahontas. Thinking He Had Made An Ally, The Chief Finally Released Smith.^ Within A Few Decades, And Against Their Will, His People Would Be Subjects Of The British Crown. Despite Their Roles As Senior Politicians In These Watershed Events, No Biography Of Either Powhatan Or Opechancanough Exists. And While There Are Other Biographies Of Pocahontas, They Have For

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Author

Rountree, Helen C., 1944-

Publisher

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813923239

Category

history

Subjects

History, Biography, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.96 / 5 (59 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14