pocahontas

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.

Letters between two young girls, one in London and the other in English settlements in Virginia, chronicle the events during the difficult early years at James Towne and Henricus and the role of Pocahontas in this period of history.

Describes daily life in Jamestown for the British men and women whose charge was to find gold and a route to the Orient but found only hardship and despair.

Describes the growth and development of Jamestown in the colonial era in 1607. Focuses on early leaders along with many facts about the colony's class structure, faction fighting, Indian attacks, the Jamestown council, and its governance. Also contains information on Native-American and white settler's relationships, buildings, and how the town become a trading center. Concludes with discussions on its tobacco crops, Pocahontas, and other related topics.

Uses the life of Pocahontas as a reference to examine the history of the United States from 1590 to 1754, including early European settlers, their battles with the Native Americans, daily life in the new colonies, slavery, and the growing troubles with England.

In this story from Disney's "Pocahontas," Pocahontas and Meeko look for Flit, the hummingbird, in many places.

Profiles the young Native American woman who intervened with her people to save the Jamestown colony from starvation and exposure.

A biography of the seventeenth-century Indian princess whose friendship toward the English settlers at Jamestown was a key factor in making the colony a success.