The Well-Known Story Of Pocahontas And Captain John Smith

Have you ever heard of the well-known story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, which has many adaptations? It is the story of how a Native American princess, Pocahontas, saved Captain John Smith's life. Pocahontas was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, who had much power and influence in the surrounding areas. John Smith was in charge of the ship that came to Virginia to colonize it, and later, the promotion of the colonization of Virginia to the common man. Smith was taken hostage by the chief and was about to be killed when Pocahontas interfered and saved him. That is the story that was told by John Smith. However, many historians believe that John Smith misunderstood the actions of Pocahontas and the truth is that she never did anything

It would be unreasonable for the chief to suddenly attempt to kill John Smith for no reason if he did not do anything. According to "True Relation" by John Smith (1608), it says, "Arriving in Werowocomoco, the emperor welcomed me with good words and great platters of food. He promised me friendship and freedom within 4 days. From another section in the reading, it states ¨He promised to give me what I wanted and feed us if we made him hatchets and copper. I promised to do this. And so with all this kindness, he sent me home.¨ According to General History by John Smith (1624), it says ¨Two days later, Powhatan met John Smith and said they were friends.¨ In all three excerpts, John Smith himself states that the chief had been friendly to him. In A True Relation, the tribe leader almost immediately welcomed him with words of friendship and food enough to feed his entire crew. He can see that Powhatan wanted to be on friendly terms with the captain and his crew. According to General History, it seems that the chief himself came to John Smith and told him that they were friends, showing how much the chief respects John Smith. The tribe was also known to be generally neutral to others as well. It would be illogical for the chief and his tribe to attack John Smith if he did nothing to them in the first

According to ¨The American Dream of John Smith¨ it said that ¨John Smith had no reason to lie. In all of his other writings, he is very accurate and observant. For 250 years after his captivity, no one has questioned his story.¨ This tells us that he is trustworthy because he has told the truth before. However, he has an ulterior motive this time. Smith aimed to promote Virginia as a desirable location and attract settlers. However, it is common for people to fabricate information when trying to persuade other people. A significant hole is in John Smith´s story. Despite being saved by Pocahontas, Smith fails to explain the tribe's aggression towards him and his crew. He also does not tell why Pocahontas deemed him important enough to be saved. This should raise questions about the truthfulness of his story. John Smith's trustworthiness should be questioned as evidence suggests that he may have made up some parts of his story, which goes against the claim that we should trust Smith just because he was accurate in the