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Pocahontas The Other Side Of The Story Summary

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The title of the book is The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of The Story by: Dr. Linwood Custalow and Angela L. Daniel. Pocahontas is a strong will and free spirited young girl who is part of the Powhatan tribe located in Virginia. Powhatan or Wahunsenecawh is also the name of Pocahontas’s father who is the paramount chief of the tribe. All was going well in their tribe until an English soldier by the name of John Smith and their colonists came through the Powhatan’s land. There are three important facts to know about chapter three and they are how Wahunsenecawh peacefully greeted John Smith, how the Powhatans had to provide the colonists with food, and how Pocahontas was the peace symbol of the tribe.

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