Did young Pocahontas really intercede to prevent the execution of Captain John Smith This romantic tale is conspicuously absent from Smith's initial accounts of his captivity under Powhatan 'Arriving at Werawocomoco, their Emperour Powhatan proudly lying uppon a Bedstead a foote high upon tenne or twelve Mattes... and with such grave and majesticall countenance, as drave me into admiration to see such a state in a naked salvage, he kindly welcomed me with good wordes, and great Platters of sundrie victuals, assuring me his friendship, and my libertie within foure days... In describing to him the territories of Europe, which was subject to our Great King whose subject I was, the innumerabl e multitude of his ships, I gave him to understand the noyse of Trumpets, and terrible manner of fighting were under captain Newport my father... At his greatnesse hee admired, and not a little feared... And thus having with all the kindnes hee could devise, sought to content me he sent me home...'
More Quotes from John Smith:
Absolutely, the closest you can get to it. Man if you ever have a day that you are perfect - it's going to be your best day. It's hard to do. You don't have a lot of days that you are happy with yourself, but at the same time fulfilling your goals is the most important thing you can do.John Smith
I saw it one day when he landed and he almost flipped it over. I think it got caught in the wind or something.
John Smith
There ain't going to be trouble today because they got police everywhere. It's going to be all right because no one wants to go to jail.
John Smith
I'm not surprised we pulled back that quick. That's our team. We make runs like that and we've been doing it all year.
John Smith
That's what it's all about is trying to get to the College World Series.
John Smith
We just have to approach it like another game, like we have all year. We can't get too nervous. We can't get too big of a head.
John Smith
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