Among the Indians.Did you know that a few English boys lived with the Powhatan Indians? Read about one of them below. Then try to find all 20 boldface words and phrases Words and Phrases® A multivolume set of law books published by West Group containing thousands of judicial definitions of words and phrases, arranged alphabetically, from 1658 to the present. in this word-find grid. They appear horizontally, vertically, diagonally, backward, and forward. Imagine that you are a 17th-century English boy who has no money, education, or prospects. You think of running away from home. But where would you go? For 14-year-old Henry Spelman Sir Henry Spelman (born Congham, ?1562; died 1641) was an English antiquary, noted for his detailed collections of medieval records, in particular of church councils. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was called to the Bar and until 1612 acted as a public servant. , the answer was the New World. Henry set out for Jamestown in 1609 to be a boy laborer. That summer, his ship reached Cape Henry Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia in the independent city of Virginia Beach. It is the southern boundary of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Across the mouth of the bay to the north is Cape Charles. and sailed up the James River James River or Dakota River River in the U.S. rising in central North Dakota and flowing southeast across South Dakota. It joins the Missouri River about 5 mi (8 km) below Yankton after a course of 710 mi (1,140 km). to Jamestown fort. Henry was in for a rude surprise. Jamestown's leader, Captain John Smith, wanted to improve relations with the Powhatan Indians. So he sent Henry to live with the Powhatan and learn their language. That November, Captain John Ratcliffe John Ratcliffe (died September 1609) was captain of the Discovery, one of three boats that sailed from England on December 19, 1606 to Virginia, to found a colony, arriving May 14, 1607. and 50 Jamestown men visited Chief Powhatan Chief Powhatan (c. 1547—c. 1618) , whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh or (in seventeenth century English spelling) Wahunsunacock, was the leader of the Powhatan (also spelled Powatan and Powhaten to trade for food. Ratcliffe angrily claimed that the Indians were trying to cheat him out of full baskets of corn. As the Englishmen started back to their ships, "the Indians that were hidden [in the woods] shot the men as they passed," Henry later wrote. While Ratcliffe's men were being ambushed, the captain was captured, tied to a stake, and his skin was torn from his body. Strange Twists of Fate Henry desperately wanted to get away from the Powhatan. But food shortages at Jamestown were severe, and Captain George Percy, the colony's new leader, told Henry to stay with the Indians. Henry feared that Chief Powhatan's "mind was much declined" against the English. "This made us fear the worst," Henry wrote. He decided to escape. Henry saw his chance when some Patawomeck Indians visited Powhatan's village. TWo boys agreed to escape with Henry, but a third, Thomas Savage, reported the plan. The Powhatan gave chase, killing Samuel, the other escapee escapee A popular term for older relatives of those at risk for Huntington's disease, who didn't develop the disease. See Huntington's disease. . Henry got away and went to live with the Patawomeck. In December 1610, Captain Samuel Argall of Jamestown discovered Henry's whereabouts. "Captain Argall gave the [Indians] copper for me," wrote Henry, buying his freedom. Henry returned to England. In 1613, he wrote The Relation of Virginia, a major source of information about the Powhatan Indians. Henry later returned to Virginia. In a strange twist of fate, he was killed in a dispute with Patawomeck Indians in 1623. |
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