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ed　in　Opechan　Conough's　relation　of　what　I　had　described　to　him；　and　oft　examined　me　upon　the　same。　　Hee　asked　me　the　cause　of　our　comming；　I　tolde　him　being　in　fight　with　the　Spaniards　our　enemie；　being　over　powred；　neare　put　to　retreat；　and　by　extreme　weather　put　to　this　shore；　where　landing　at　Chesipiack；　the　people　shot　us；　but　at　Kequoughtan　they　kindly　used　us；　wee　by　signes　demaunded　fresh　water；　they　described　us　up　the　River　was　all　fresh　water；　at　Paspahegh；　also　they　kindly　used　us；　our　Pinnasse　being　leake　wee　were　inforced　to　stay　to　mend　her；　till　Captain　Newport　my　father　came　to　conduct　us　away。　　He　demaunded　why　we　went　further　with　our　Boate；　I　tolde　him；　in　that　I　would　have　occasion　to　talke　of　the　backe　Sea；　that　on　the　other　side　the　maine；　where　was　salt　water；　my　father　had　a　childe　slaine；　which　we　supposed　Monocan　his　enemie；　whose　death　we　intended　to　revenge。　　After　good　deliberation；　hee　began　to　describe　me　the　countreys　beyond　the　Falles；　wiih　many　of　the　rest；　confirming　what　not　only　Opechancanoyes；　and　an　Indian　which　had　been　prisoner　to　Pewhatan　had　before　tolde　mee；　but　some　called　it　five　days；　some　sixe；　some　eight；　where　the　sayde　water　dashed　amongst　many　stones　and　rocks；　each　storme　which　caused　oft　tymes　the　heade　of　the　River　to　bee　brackish：　Anchanachuck　he　described　to　bee　the　people　that　had　slaine　my　brother；　whose　death　hee　would　revenge。　　Hee　described　also　upon　the　same　Sea；　a　mighty　nation　called　Pocoughtronack；　a　fierce　nation　that　did　eate　men　and　warred　with　the　people　of　Moyaoncer；　and　Pataromerke；　Nations　upon　the　toppe　of　the　heade　of　the　Bay；　under　his　territories；　where　the　yeare　before　they　had　slain　an　hundred；　he　signified　their　crownes　were　shaven；　long　haire　in　the　necke；　tied　on　a　knot；　Swords　like　Pollaxes。

〃　Beyond　them　he　described　people　with　short　Coates；　and　Sleeves　to　the　Elbowes；　that　passed　that　way　in　Shippes　like　ours。　　Many　Kingdomes　hee　described　mee　to　the　heade　of　the　Bay；　which　seemed　to　bee　a　mightie　River；　issuing　from　mightie　mountaines；　betwixt　the　two　seas；　the　people　clothed　at　Ocamahowan。　　He　also　confirmed；　and　the　Southerly　Countries　also；　as　the　rest；　that　reported　us　to　be　within　a　day　and　a　halfe　of　Mangoge；　two　dayes　of　Chawwonock；　6　from　Roonock；　to　the　South　part　of　the　backe　sea：　he　described　a　countrie　called　Anone；　where　they　have　abundance　of　Brasse；　and　houses　walled　as　ours。　　I　requited　his　discourse；　seeing　what　pride　he　had　in　his　great　and　spacious　Dominions；　seeing　that　all　hee　knewe　were　under　his　Territories。

〃　In　describing　to　him　the　territories　of　Europe　which　was　subject　to　our　great　King　whose　subject　I　was；　the　innumerable　multitude　of　his　ships；　I　gave　him　to　understand　the　noyse　of　Trumpets　and　terrible　manner　of　fighting　were　under　Captain　Newport　my　father；　whom　I　intituled　the　Meworames　which　they　call　King　of　all　the　waters；　at　his　greatnesse　bee　admired　and　not　a　little　feared；　he　desired　mee　to　forsake　Paspahegh；　and　to　live　with　him　upon　his　River；　a　countrie　called　Capa　Howasicke；　he　promised　to　give　me　corne；　venison；　or　what　I　wanted　to　feede　us；　Hatchets　and　Copper　wee　should　make　him；　and　none　should　disturbe　us。　　This　request　I　promised　to　performe：　and　thus　having　with　all　the　kindnes　hee　could　devise；　sought　to　content　me；　he　sent　me　home　with　4　men；　one　that　usually　carried　my　Gonne　and　Knapsacke　after　me；　two　other　loded　with　bread；　and　one　to　accompanie　me。〃

The　next　extract　in　regard　to　this　voyage　is　from　President　Wingfield's　〃Discourse　of　Virginia；〃　which　appears　partly　in　the　form　of　a　diary；　but　was　probably　drawn　up　or　at　least　finished　shortly　after　Wingfield's　return　to　London　in　May；　1608。　　He　was　in　Jamestown　when　Smith　returned　from　his　captivity；　and　would　be　likely　to　allude　to　the　romantic　story　of　Pocahontas　if　Smith　had　told　it　on　his　escape。　　We　quote：

〃Decem。　The　10th　of　December；　Mr。　Smyth　went　up　the　ryver　of　the　Chechohomynies　to　trade　for　corne；　he　was　desirous　to　see　the　heade　of　that　river；　and；　when　it　was　not　passible　with　the　shallop；　he　hired　a　cannow　and　an　Indian　to　carry　him　up　further。　　The　river　the　higher　grew　worse　and　worse。　　Then　hee　went　on　shoare　with　his　guide；　and　left　Robinson　and　Emmery；　and　twoe　of　our　Men；　in　the　cannow；　which　were　presently　slayne　by　the　Indians；　Pamaonke's　men；　and　hee　himself　taken　prysoner；　and；　by　the　means　of　his　guide；　his　lief　was　saved；　and　Pamaonche；　haveing　him　prisoner；　carryed　him　to　his　neybors　wyroances；　to　see　if　any　of　them　knew　him　for　one　of　those　which　had　bene；　some　two　or　three　eeres　before　us；　in　a　river　amongst　them　Northward；　and　taken　awaie　some　Indians　from　them　by　force。　　At　last　he　brought　him　to　the　great　Powaton　（of　whome　before　wee　had　no　knowledg）；　who　sent　him　home　to　our　towne　the　8th　of　January。〃


The　next　contemporary　document　to　which　we　have　occasion　to　refer　is　Smith's　Letter　to　the　Treasurer　and　Council　of　Virginia　in　England；　written　in　Virginia　after　the　arrival　of　Newport　there　in　September；　1608；　and　probably　sent　home　by　him　near　the　close　of　that　year。　　In　this　there　is　no　occasion　for　a　reference　to　Powhatan　or　his　daughter；　but　he　says　in　it：　〃I　have　sent　you　this　Mappe　of　the　Bay　and　Rivers；　with　an　annexed　Relation　of　the　Countryes　and　Nations　that　inhabit　them　as　you　may　see　at　large。〃　　This　is　doubtless　the　〃Map　of　Virginia；〃　with　a　description　of　the　country；　published　some　two　or　three　years　after　Smith's　return　to　England；　at　Oxford；　1612。　It　is　a　description　of　the　country　and　people；　and　contains　little　narrative。　　But　with　this　was　published；　as　an　appendix；　an　account　of　the　proceedings　of　the　Virginia　colonists　from　1606　to　1612；　taken　out　of　the　writings　of　Thomas　Studley　and　several　others　who　had　been　residents　in　Virginia。　　These　several　discourses　were　carefully　edited　by　William　Symonds；　a　doctor　of　divinity　and　a　man　of　learning　and　repute；　evidently　at　the　request　of　Smith。　　To　the　end　of　the　volume　Dr。　Symonds　appends　a　note　addressed　to　Smith；　saying：　〃I　return　you　the　fruit　of　my　labors；　as　Mr。　Cranshaw　requested　me；　which　I　bestowed　in　reading　the　discourses　and　hearing　the　relations　of　such　as　have　walked　and　observed　the　land　of　Virginia　with　you。〃　These　narratives　by　Smith's　companions；　which　he　made　a　part　of　his　Oxford　book；　and　which　passed　under　his　eye　and　had　his　approval；　are　uniformly　not　only　friendly　to　him；　but　eulogistic　of　him；　and　probably　omit　no　incident　known　to　the　writers　which　would　do　him　honor　or　add　interest　to　him　as　a　knight　of　romance。　　Nor　does　it　seem　probable　that　Smith　himself　would　have　omitted　to　mention　the　dramatic　scene　of　the　prevented　execution　if　it　had　occurred　to　him。　If　there　had　been　a　reason　in　the　minds　of　others　in　1608　why　it　should　not　appear　in　the　〃True　Relation；〃　that　reason　did　not　exist　for　Smith　at　this　time；　when　the　discords　and　discouragements　of　the　colony　were　fully　known。　　And　by　this　time　the　young　girl　Pocahontas　had　become　well　known　to　the　colonists　at　Jamestown。　　The　account　of　this　Chickahominy　voyage　given　in　this　volume；　published　in　1612；　is　signed　by　Thomas　Studley；　and　is　as　follows：

'The　next　voyage　he　proceeded　so　farre　that　with　much　labour　by　cutting　of　trees　in　sunder　he　made　his　passage；　but　when　his　Barge　could　passe　no　farther；　he　left　her　in　a　broad　bay　out　of　danger　of　shot；　commanding　none　should　go　ashore　till　his　returne；　himselfe　with　2　English　and　two　Salvages　went　up　higher　in　a　Canowe；　but　he　was　not　long　absent；　but　his　men　went　ashore；　whose　want　of　government　gave　both　occasion　and　opportunity　to　the　Salvages　to　surprise　one　George　Casson；　and　much　failed　not　to　have　cut　of　the　boat　and　all　the　rest。　　Smith　little　dreaming　of　that　accident；　being　got　to　the　marshes　at　the　river's　head；　20　miles　in　the　desert；　had　his　2　men　slaine　（as　is　supposed）　sleeping　by　the　Canowe；　whilst　himselfe　by　fowling　sought　them　victual；　who　finding　he　was　beset　by　200　Salvages；　2　of　them　he　slew；　stil　defending　himselfe　with　the　aid　of　a　Salvage　his　guid　（whome　bee　bound　to　his　arme　and　used　as　his　buckler）；　till　at　last　slipping　into　a　bogmire　they　tooke　him　prisoner：　when　this　news　came　to　the　fort　much　was　their　sorrow　for　his　losse；　fewe　expecting　what　ensued。　　A　month　those　Barbarians　kept　him　prisoner；　many　strange　triumphs　and　conjurations　they　made　of　him；　yet　he　so　demeaned　himselfe　amongst　them；　as　he　not　only　diverted　them　from　surprising　the　Fort；　but　procured　his　own　liberty；　and　got　himselfe　and　his　company　such　estimation　amongst　them；　that　those　Salvages　admired　him　as　a　demi…God。　　So　returning　safe　to　the　Fort；　once　more　staied　the　pinnas　her　flight　for　England；　which　til　his　returne　could　not　set　saile；　so　extreme　was　the　weather　and　so　great　the　frost。〃

The　first　allusion　to　the　salvation　of　Captain　Smith　by　Pocahontas　occurs　in　a　letter　or　〃little　booke〃　which　he　wrote　to　Queen　Anne　in　1616；　about　the　time　of　the　arrival　in　England　of　the　Indian　Princess；　who　was　then　called　the　Lady　Rebecca；　and　was　wife　of　John　Rolfe；　by　whom　she　had　a　son；　who　accompanied　them。　　Pocahontas　had　by　this　time　become　a　person　of　some　importance。　　Her　friendship　had　been　of　substantial　service　to　the　colony。　　Smith　had　acknowledged　this　in　his　〃True　Relation；〃　where　he　referred　to　her　as　the　〃nonpareil〃　of　Virginia。　　He　was　kind…hearted　and　naturally　magnanimous；　and　would　take　some　pains　to　do　the　Indian　convert　a　favor；　even　to　the　invention　of　an　incident　that　would　make　her　attractive。　　To　be　sure；　he　was　vain　as　well　as　inventive；　and　here　was　an　opportunity　to　attract　the　attention　of　his　sovereign　and　increase　his　own　importance　by　connecting　his　name　with　hers　in　a　romantic　manner。　　Still；　we　believe　that　the　main　motive　that　dictated　this　epistle　was　kindness　to　Pocahontas。　　The　sentence　that　refers　to　her　heroic　act　is　this：　〃After　some　six　weeks　＇he　was　absent　only　four　weeks＇　fatting　amongst　those　Salvage　Countries；　at　the　minute　of　my　execution　she　hazarded　the　beating　out　of　her　own　braines　to　save　mine；　and　not　only　that；　but　so　prevailed　with　her　father　＇of　whom　he　says；　in　a　previous　paragraph；　〃I　received　from　this　great　Salvage　exceeding　great　courtesie〃＇；　that　I　was　safely　conducted　to　Jamestown。〃

This　guarded　allusion　to　the　rescue　stood　for　all　known　accoun