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1) The Powhatan
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"Provides comprehensive information on the background, lifestyle, beliefs, and present-day lives of the Powhatan people"--Provided by publisher.
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Religious freedom, economic security, and the allure of a second chance drew thousands of settlers away from their European homeland to the shores of what would one day become the United States. Under their tireless watch, new colonies were established, new traditions, customs, and practices cultivated. This captivating volume profiles many of the individuals who sought to fulfill the promise of the New World, from explorers to religious and political...
12) Pocahontas
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Animated biography of Pocahontas, the native American princess who saved the English settlers at Jamestown.
14) Pocahontas
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A biography of Pocahontas, the daughter of a Native American chief, discussing her attempts to help English settlers get along with her people, her capture by the English, her marriage to John Rolfe, and her death in England.
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"In the mid-sixteenth century, Spanish explorers in the Chesapeake region kidnapped an Indian teenager and took him back to Spain, a common occurrence at the time. What was uncommon in this case was that the young man eventually came back. During his time abroad, the boy lived in Madrid, Seville, Havana, and Mexico City, becoming a favorite of King Philip II and converting to Catholicism in the process. In fact, his faith grew so strong, he said,...
16) Pocahontas
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Examines the life of the Indian princess Pocahontas and her contact with English settlers, especially John Smith.
18) Pocahontas
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An introduction to the life of Pocahontas, a Powhatan Indian, which covers her birth, meetings with English settlers, trip to England, family life, and death.
20) The New World
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The apocryphal story of the meeting of British explorer John Smith and Powhatan native Pocahontas as a romantic idyll between spiritual equals. It then follows Pocahontas through her marriage to John Rolfe and her life in England.
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