| Description |
xii, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-280) and index. |
| Subjects |
Pocahontas, -1617.
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Powhatan, approximately 1550-1618.
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Opechancanough, -1646.
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Powhatan Indians -- Virginia -- Jamestown -- Biography.
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Powhatan Indians -- Virginia -- Jamestown -- History.
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Jamestown (Va.) -- History.
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| Other Title |
Three Indian lives changed by Jamestown. |
| Contents |
Setting the scene -- The VIP lifestyle -- Introducing the chiefly family -- Expanding his dominions -- Watching from a distance -- Meeting a captive Englishman -- The alliance's creaky beginning -- Allies who did not behave like allies -- The breakdown of the alliance -- Contain them, then let them starve -- Return with a vengeance -- Hostage situation, with an unusual denouement -- Interview with a wily old man -- Pocahontas in England -- Unofficially in control -- The Great Assault of 1622 -- A war of attrition, including an English massacre -- Running out of time. |
| ISBN |
0813925967 (pbk.) |
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9780813925967 (pbk.) |
| OCLC # |
77561594 |
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