Native Americans in the United States and Pocahontas Incident John

AMERICAN LITERATURE I Instructor Dr. Le Thi Thanh Troy University STU Campus The Pocahontas Incident tush metalworker Group members Ho Truong Phuong Thao TranThi Hong Nhung Nguyen Van Huy Objectives Understanding authors biography and his work Understanding Pocahontass biography coif three impotant questions about his work A. stern Smiths biography John Smith (1580 1638) had submit a wonderful keep since he was not however a slope interchangeier but also became explorer and author.He contributed a objet dart of his life to be the captain of the firstborn ship which made a landfall at Massachuselts in 1602 to explore unseasoned England. He was also memorized for the primeer by setting up the English settement at James T profess, Virginia. John Smiths life experienced many adventures when he was an adolescent in Europe. His life time had been through many coups such as fighting with the Turk, becoming a slave which was sold to Asia Minor, killing his captors At twent y-seven years old, hesailed to New Wold and explored the Chesapeake Bay, the shores of New England.He also got a friendly kind with Native Americans. Moreover, he also was a famous writer and made some well- recognizen books include A True Relation (1608), A Map of Virginia with a Description of the Country (1612), The General floor of Virginia, New-England. The Pocahontas composition appeargond in the Summer Isles (1624). John Smith had been probably offer an important role to the first colonial writing in America. B. About the work This work described the episode that John Smith had been saved by the princess Pocahontas since he was pick upd and in the hands of Indians.This accountancy was narrated by him the third person to told the audiences how the story happened. There were some detaited we should pay attention to this work Who were the characters? John Smith, Powhatan, Pocahontas How many other Indian swell deal were at the judiscation? more than two hundreds Where d id the judiscation happen? Meronocomoco, Virginia How did it happen? Firstly, John Smith was brought to meet Powhatan and his courtiers. When he was prompt to be killed, Pocahontas had saved him by getting his nous in her arms and laying her own upon his (p. 3). ii days after, John Smith was led to a great house and was going to be fired, Powhatan unblock him from death and esteem him as his son called Nantaquoud (p. 43) Why was he alive? Thanks to the Pocahontass altruistic, he had been rescued. New words bravery (n) s? l? ng l? y, s? an m? c interpret tr? ng robe (n) ao choang train (n) doan tuy tung bedeck (v) trang hoang, trang di? m, trang tri babarous (a) da man, man r? contented (a) b? ng long disguised (a) tra hinh, c? i trang mat (n) t? m th? m, rapid eye movement sleep esteem (v) quy m? nC. Pocahontass Biography 1. What is the major in Pocahontass life? Matoaka was the beautiful and lively young woman of Powhatan, ruler of the land that the English calld Virginia. Pocahontas was her childhood nickname, translated as little wanton, meaning she was playful and hard to control. When she was born, Powhatan move her mother home to her own village, to raise Pocahontas. That was his custom. When she was about school age, Pocahontas odd her mother to live in her fathers capital, with her older brothers and sisters.As they grew up, Powhatan appointed some as foremans of his other tribes. Pocahontas became her fathers favorite, the apple of his eye. In this new-made account, his capture included the threat of his own death at the minute of my execution, he wrote, she Pocahontas hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine and not only that, but so prevailed with her father, that I was safely conducted to Jamestown. Eight years later, in his Generall Historie, Smith expanded upon the story.Writing about himself in the third person, he explained that after he was captured and taken to the preponderant chief, two great stones were brought before Powhatan then as many as could laid hands on him Smith, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beat out his brains, Pocahontas the Kings dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevailed, got his head in her arms, and laid her own upon his to save him from death .. When Smith returned, there were only 38 colonists left (out of 104).Pocahontas kept the colonists from starving to death that first winter, by visiting invariablely with plenty of food. Pocahontas paid regular visits to her friend Captain John Smith, but in October 1609, she was told that Smith was dead. She stopped visiting after that. The next winter was known as the Starving Time. Actually, Smith wasnt dead his leg was badly burned in a gunpowder explosion, and he had returned to England for medical treatment. The colonists thought the death story would work better with the Indians. some(prenominal) years passed, with no sign of Pocahontas.Ralph Hamor heard that she had married one of Powhatans chiefs, named Kocoum. Captain Argyle discovered that Pocahontas was staying with the Patowamekes, and captured her on June 4, 1613, intending to trade her for concessions from Powhatan. Powhatan only met enough of the demands to keep negotiations open. During her captivity, leading colonists worked to convert her to Christianity. One of those colonists, John Rolfe, fell in love with her, and shes with him. Pocahontas was baptized as a Christian, and married John Rolfe in 1614. Her new name was Lady Rebecca Rolfe. She gave birth to a son, Thomas Rolfe.This marriage created the Peace of Pocahontas, six years of peace betwixt the Jamestown colonists and Powhatans tribes. Pocahontas life ended on a high note, with a triumphal tour of England (arriving June 3, 1616) as a visiting princess. She visited many important state, including King James and Queen Anne. Sho also met John Smith and this ca apply a big shock for her as she thought he was dead. In E ngland, her delineation was made and published. As she started home, variola major virus English disease took her life. She was buried in the church at Gravesend, England (Mar. 21, 1617) age 21 or so. (Her engage birth date is uncertain roughly 1595. The meaning of Pocahontass life is that Pocahontas played a world-shattering role in American history. As a compassionate little girl she saw to it that the colonists certain food from the Indians, so that Jamestown would not suffer the fate of the Lost Colony on Roanoke Island. She is said to have intervened to save the lives of individual colonists. In 1616 John Smith wrote that Pocahontas was the instrument to pursue these colonies from death, famine, and utter confusion. And Pocahontas not only served as a representative of the Virginia Indians, but also as a vital link amongst the Native Americans and the Englishmen.Whatever her contributions, the romantic aspects of her life will stand out in Virginia history forever. Hist oric characterization of the real Pocahontas in London, age 21, dressed as the Christian lady she had become. Whatever her contributions, the romantic aspects of her life will no doubt stand out in Virginia history forever She died within months. This portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian, in Washington, D. C. This painting is a later copy of an carve made during her London visit of 1616. It flatters and Europeanizes her more than does the original engraving, which failed to capture her celebrated allure. picpic 2. Why did Pocahontas die? And what is her deaths significances? concord to Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th sport Pocahontas was killed by smallpox an White peoples disease in a ship which returned from England to her homeland.. She died on March 21,1617 and was burried at Gravesend. Her death was one of the case which represent for the cultural decussation between Native American and White people. The death of Pocahontas and the subse quent death of her father led the relationship between the colonists and the natives become worse. D. Understanding John Smiths work . What specific de trail of Indian life and Indian temper does the account reveal? Indian life which was decribed by John Smith was familiar with authorized audiences since they could easily find out many similar characteristics which concerned to Native American on idiot box program, newspapers or history researches. The first social function we could conclude about the Red people was they lived a round-eyed life which closely to the nature as they used almost things made from the environment such as using feathers instead of a towel to dry hand, wearing skinned robe with all the tails hanging by (p. 3). Their head and shoulders painted red and used white down of birds to help them more beautiful (p. 43). They seemed not have any idea about tresury metals like gold, diamond which White people were looking for. They only focused on their simple, t raditional comunity by using primitive and ancient tools such as robes, shoes, bows, arrows Moreover, Indian society was different from ours in some specific ways. Equality and justice was exclamatory and took stock in each citizen no matter who they were, what their social status was.For example, in John Smiths work, although Powhatan was the chief King of Red people, he still made his own robes, shoes, bows, arrows, pots lant, hunt, or do any thing so well as the rest (p. 43). In addition, democracy was the thing which could be revealed and complimented as well. For instance, when John Smith was captured, a long consultation was held between the King, courtiers and other people to make the final decision. Finally, their finishing was special and tintful as they often disguised and bedecked themselves with tail, white down of bird (p. 43)Followed the account, the Indian nature was absolutely rich, wealthy and bounteous. It was also described through the Native peoples appearence with red color on their head, great chain of white beads about their neck (p. 43) How much confidence do you have in the truth of these details as related by Captain Smith? In our groups work, since we considered that John Smiths account was veracious and had many similarities to the reality not only in Indian culture which we easily found in television, newspapers, films but also in the detail that Pocahontas had saved his life.There were many researched told this story and proved that Pocahontas used to rescue him such as Pocahontas and Her realness (1969) by G. S. Woodward or Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition (2010). Thus, we concluded that there was about 90 percentage of John Smiths work is true and the rest part might be hyperbolized by his imagine and mannerism. 2. How do you account for the popularity of this story in American falsehood? The story of Pocahontas is very popular. Almost people in America and also around the world know this.So it really becomes t he big inspiration for many people to institute their excogitation. For example The very famous get word The Baptism of Pocahontas painted by John Gadsby Chapman in 1840. This explained the characters in the painting, and praised the Jamestown settlers for introducing Christianity to the heathen savages. pic In the 19th century, John Brougham produced a burlesque, Po-ca-hon-tas, or The Gentle Savage. It debuted in 1855 and became an instant hit. Po-ca-hon-tas remained a staple of theatre troupes and blackface minstrel companies for the next 30 years, typically as an afterpiece .Several films about Pocahontas have been made and two of the most famous film are Pocahontas (1995), It was produced byWalt Disney Feature Animation pic The New World(2005)written and directed byTerrence Malick pic The song color of wind is also mention about Pacahontas. Performed by Vanessa Lynn Williams who is the very famous singer and had won the miss American contest in 1984. pic 3. What typical Americ an traits do you find in Captain John Smith? John Smith was an adventurer, discoverer, writer, and the best founding father of America.Captain John Smith risked his life, his story and property to establish a colony in America. He contributed a great deal to the creation and survival of the English Colony in America which is the birthplace of the United States. John Smith was a self-made man. He left his English homeland to seek a life of adventure with honor. His leadership quality during crisic was another American trait, optimistic and tolerance. Captain Smith did not have attention to revenge for his partners who was killed by Native Americans. That means he got generosity in his heart. Moreover, he got along with Indian well.And he was also steptical when he was captured by Narive Americans. 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