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Were the Indians Portrayed Accurately? ...
In John Smith’s “General History,” Captain Smith chronicles his experience in captivity by the Pocahontas Indians in 1608. ... Once captured the first thing he asks to do is to meet with the leader of the Indians. ... Throughout the text he attempts to portray himself and the English as better than the savage Indians. ...
In Mary’s initial account of the Indians attack, which began just after sunrise on February 10, 1675, she says, “Thus were we butchered by those merciless heathen, standing amazed, with the blood running down to our heels. ... ” After the raid was finished, Rowlandson says that the Indians who captured her promised not to harm her and she was forced to go away with “those barbarous creatures” to a place about a mile from her house where the Indians intended to camp overnight.
Approximate Word count = 646 Approximate Pages = 2.6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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