12. She was, accordingly, stolen from her father, and carried prisoner
to Jamestown. Powhatan offered five hundred bushels of corn as a ransom
for his darling child.
13. Before the negotiation was finished, an Englishman of good
character, by the name of Thomas Rolfe, became attached to Pocahontas,
and they were soon after married, with the king's consent.
14. This event secured peace to the English for many years. The Indian
bride became a Christian, and was baptized.
LESSON LII.
_The same subject, concluded._
1. In 1616, Pocahontas went to England with her husband,--was introduced
at court, and received great attention.
2. King James is said to have been very indignant that any of his
subjects should have dared to marry a princess; but Captain Smith has
been accused, perhaps falsely, of being sufficiently cold and selfish to
blush for his acquaintance with the generous North American savage.
3. Pocahontas never returned to her native country. She died at
Gravesend, in 1617, just as she was about to embark for America.
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