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Title: Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: Biography
Publisher: New York : Selmar Hess
Contributing Library: Kelly - University of Toronto

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hield, thus sav-ing his own life. He was, however, captured, lashed to a tree, and would havebeen killed, but for his address in presenting the King Opecancanough with around ivory double compass Dyall —his own pocket compass—directing the at-tention of the salvages to the movement of the needle, and describing theuses of the instrument. A month those Babarians kept him prisoner; many strange triumphes andconjurations they made of him, yet he so demeaned himself among them as henot only diverted them from surprising the Fort, but procured his own libertie,and got himself and his company such estimation among them that these Sal-vages admired him as a demi-god. From the pen of a contemporary we have the account of what led to his lib-ertie. He had killed two of the attacking party, and was condemned by Pow-hatan to die for the offence. Having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a longconsultation was held ; but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought
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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 169 before Powhatan, then, as many as could lay hands on him, dragged him to them,and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs to beate out his brains,Pocahontas, the kings dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevaile, got hishead in her armes, and laid her owne upon his to save him from death ; whereatthe emperor was contented he should live to make him hatchets, and her bells,beads, and copper. From other pages we get the stage-setting for this, the most dramatic incidentm colonial history. The emperor had heard the evidence with a sour look, sitting in state upona rude dais, covered with mats, his body wrapped in a cloak of raccoon skins.His dusky harem was grouped about him, watchful and interested. When thetrial was over he bade one wife to bring water to wash the captives hands, an-other a bunch of feathers to dry them upon. This was preliminary to the feast. So fat they fed Mee, says A True Relation of Virginia, published bySmith in 1608,

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