Once upon a time there was an Algonquin tribe, called the powhatan. The people hunted animals for food and used the skins to make clothes, shoes and tents. The mothers made jewelry from shells and animal teeth. In 1595 the powhatan chief had a baby girl. Her name was Matoaka, and she was a very pretty child. In the spring of 1607, three English ships arrived in America. They wanted to live in the “New World” of America. They began to build a town near their village. They also wanted the gold of America to return to England. In the summer the weather was very hot and the people got sick and died. They also didn’t have any food. The Americans helped them and they gave food to grew their crops. The Americans wanted to be their friends. One person of the tribe knew the Englishmen better than anybody else. That was Pocahontas. Pocahontas was the chief’s daughter. One day there was a white man walking along and they caught him and brought him to a tree.The Americans, they were going to hit him but Pocahontas prevented it. She gave food and he stayed with Americans. The white man was John Smith. Pocahontas and he became friends and the tribe too. One day a lot of white families came to their land and they started bringing animals from England. The white men were killing the animals. They needed food because they didn’t have any. The American told them that if he gave them the guns they would give him food. The Americans gave them the food but the white men didn’t give the guns. One night, the Americans went to the white men’s village to take the guns. They took the guns but they took some men. So the Americans took white men. But the white people took Pocahontas as a prisoner. Day passed and she stayed in prison. Little by little she started learning English. One day a boy called John Rolfe came.They fell in love with each other. But there was a problem. Pocahontas was an Algonquian Native American and Rolfe was a Christian Englishman. Rolfe asked to the Governor if they could get married. The Governor allowed them to marry and on 5th of April of 1615 they got married. In January, she had a baby called Thomas. The American people had to move to England but they were scared. Pocahontas and 11 people more went with her to England. Pocahontas explained how they lived in Algonquian Native American. During the party she heard one voice, she look and it was her friend John Smith. In 1617 they decided to return to America. But after one day, her head hurt and she had red spots on her face. She had smallpox. It was contagious and they had to leave the ship. Her husband Rolfe helped her but she was 22 years old and she was going to die soon. Pocahontas died in 1617 in Gravesend, England. John Rolfe returned to America but he died five years later, in 1622. Thomas Rolfe, when he was 20, studied in Virginia farm. He became a rich, popular man in America. He married and had children. Pocahontas story shows us that people can be happy together in spite of difference in culture, religions or the colour of their skin.
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