Produced by Chris Curnow, Jane Hyland, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH TOLD AND PICTURED BY E. BOYD SMITH HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK [Illustration] COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY E. BOYD SMITH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published November 1906._ [Illustration] LIST OF COLORED PLATES PLATE 1. POCAHONTAS 2. JOHN SMITH 3. HOW CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH WON HIS SPURS 4. STRANGE TALES OF A STRANGE PEOPLE 5. THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN 6. THE LANDING OF THE COLONISTS--1607 7. THE AMBUSH 8. BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS 9. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH A PRISONER 10. THE DANCE OF VICTORY 11, 12. POCAHONTAS SAVES CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH'S LIFE 13. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH AGAIN FREE 14. POCAHONTAS BRINGS FOOD TO THE COLONISTS 15. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH GOES IN SEARCH OF CORN 16. POCAHONTAS'S WARNING 17. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH SAILS FOR ENGLAND 18. POCAHONTAS IS CAPTURED BY ARGALL 19. MARRIAGE OF POCAHONTAS 20. THE LANDING OF POCAHONTAS IN ENGLAND 21, 22. POCAHONTAS AT THE COURT OF JAMES THE FIRST 23. THE MEETING OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 24. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH GOES TO SEA AGAIN 25. POCAHONTAS LONGS FOR HOME 26. THE END OF THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 1. POCAHONTAS 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. [Illustration] 2. JOHN SMITH In far-away England was a doughty youth, John Smith, who dreamed of battle and adventure. Though but a boy, he had already fought as a soldier in the wars of France, and later in Flanders. And these two, the wild little Indian girl and the warrior boy, now so far apart, in time were to meet and become great friends. At home again in Lincolnshire after dangerous travels, the youth still longed for the strife and glory of the fray. He retired to a quiet spot in the wood, and lived in a camp of his own making, where he read tales of war and knights-errant, and in his enthusiasm fought imaginary enemies. At last he could bear dreaming no longer, and started off again to roam the world in search of adventure. [Illustration] 3. HOW CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH WON HIS SPURS