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hatan；　in　1614；　said　he　had　sold　another　favorite　daughter　of　his；　whom　Sir　Thomas　Dale　desired；　and　who　was　not　twelve　years　of　age；　to　be　wife　to　a　great　chief。　　The　term　〃private　Captain〃　might　perhaps　be　applied　to　an　Indian　chief。　　Smith；　in　his　〃General　Historie；'　says　the　Indians　have　〃but　few　occasions　to　use　any　officers　more　than　one　commander；　which　commonly　they　call　Werowance；　or　Caucorouse；　which　is　Captaine。〃　　It　is　probably　not　possible；　with　the　best　intentions；　to　twist　Kocoum　into　Caucorouse；　or　to　suppose　that　Strachey　intended　to　say　that　a　private　captain　was　called　in　Indian　a　Kocoum。　　Werowance　and　Caucorouse　are　not　synonymous　terms。　　Werowance　means　〃chief；〃　and　Caucorouse　means〃　talker〃　or　〃orator；〃　and　is　the　original　of　our　word　〃caucus。〃

Either　Strachey　was　uninformed；　or　Pocahontas　was　married　to　an　Indiana　not　violent　presumption　considering　her　age　and　the　fact　that　war　between　Powhatan　and　the　whites　for　some　time　had　cut　off　intercourse　between　themor　Strachey　referred　to　her　marriage　with　Rolfe；　whom　he　calls　by　mistake　Kocoum。　　If　this　is　to　be　accepted；　then　this　paragraph　must　have　been　written　in　England　in　1616；　and　have　referred　to　the　marriage　to　Rolfe　it　〃some　two　years　since；〃　in　1614。

That　Pocahontas　was　a　gentle…hearted　and　pleasing　girl；　and；　through　her　acquaintance　with　Smith；　friendly　to　the　whites；　there　is　no　doubt；　that　she　was　not　different　in　her　habits　and　mode　of　life　from　other　Indian　girls；　before　the　time　of　her　kidnapping；　there　is　every　reason　to　suppose。　　It　was　the　English　who　magnified　the　imperialism　of　her　father；　and　exaggerated　her　own　station　as　Princess。　　She　certainly　put　on　no　airs　of　royalty　when　she　was　〃cart…wheeling〃　about　the　fort。　　Nor　does　this　detract　anything　from　the　native　dignity　of　the　mature；　and　converted；　and　partially　civilized　woman。

We　should　expect　there　would　be　the　discrepancies　which　have　been　noticed　in　the　estimates　of　her　age。　　Powhatan　is　not　said　to　have　kept　a　private　secretary　to　register　births　in　his　family。　　If　Pocahontas　gave　her　age　correctly；　as　it　appears　upon　her　London　portrait　in　1616；　aged　twenty…one；　she　must　have　been　eighteen　years　of　age　when　she　was　captured　in　1613　This　would　make　her　about　twelve　at　the　time　of　Smith's　captivity　in　1607…8。　　There　is　certainly　room　for　difference　of　opinion　as　to　whether　so　precocious　a　woman；　as　her　intelligent　apprehension　of　affairs　shows　her　to　have　been；　should　have　remained　unmarried　till　the　age　of　eighteen。　　In　marrying　at　least　as　early　as　that　she　would　have　followed　the　custom　of　her　tribe。　　It　is　possible　that　her　intercourse　with　the　whites　had　raised　her　above　such　an　alliance　as　would　be　offered　her　at　the　court　of　Werowocomoco。

We　are　without　any　record　of　the　life　of　Pocahontas　for　some　years。　The　occasional　mentions　of　her　name　in　the　〃General　Historie〃　are　so　evidently　interpolated　at　a　late　date；　that　they　do　not　aid　us。　　When　and　where　she　took　the　name　of　Matoaka；　which　appears　upon　her　London　portrait；　we　are　not　told；　nor　when　she　was　called　Amonata；　as　Strachey　says　she　was　〃at　more　ripe　yeares。〃　　How　she　was　occupied　from　the　departure　of　Smith　to　her　abduction；　we　can　only　guess。　　To　follow　her　authentic　history　we　must　take　up　the　account　of　Captain　Argall　and　of　Ralph　Hamor；　Jr。；　secretary　of　the　colony　under　Governor　Dale。

Captain　Argall；　who　seems　to　have　been　as　bold　as　he　was　unscrupulous　in　the　execution　of　any　plan　intrusted　to　him；　arrived　in　Virginia　in　September；　1612；　and　early　in　the　spring　of　1613　he　was　sent　on　an　expedition　up　the　Patowomek　to　trade　for　corn　and　to　effect　a　capture　that　would　bring　Powhatan　to　terms。　　The　Emperor；　from　being　a　friend；　had　become　the　most　implacable　enemy　of　the　English。　　Captain　Argall　says：　〃I　was　told　by　certain　Indians；　my　friends；　that　the　great　Powhatan's　daughter　Pokahuntis　was　with　the　great　King　Potowomek；　whither　I　presently　repaired；　resolved　to　possess　myself　of　her　by　any　stratagem　that　I　could　use；　for　the　ransoming　of　so　many　Englishmen　as　were　prisoners　with　Powhatan；　as　also　to　get　such　armes　and　tooles　as　he　and　other　Indians　had　got　by　murther　and　stealing　some　others　of　our　nation；　with　some　quantity　of　corn　for　the　colonies　relief。〃

By　the　aid　of　Japazeus；　King　of　Pasptancy；　an　old　acquaintance　and　friend　of　Argall's；　and　the　connivance　of　the　King　of　Potowomek；　Pocahontas　was　enticed　on　board　Argall's　ship　and　secured。　　Word　was　sent　to　Powhatan　of　the　capture　and　the　terms　on　which　his　daughter　would　be　released；　namely；　the　return　of　the　white　men　he　held　in　slavery；　the　tools　and　arms　he　had　gotten　and　stolen；　and　a　great　quantity　of　corn。　　Powhatan；　〃much　grieved；〃　replied　that　if　Argall　would　use　his　daughter　well；　and　bring　the　ship　into　his　river　and　release　her；　he　would　accede　to　all　his　demands。　　Therefore；　on　the　13th　of　April；　Argall　repaired　to　Governor　Gates　at　Jamestown；　and　delivered　his　prisoner；　and　a　few　days　after　the　King　sent　home　some　of　the　white　captives；　three　pieces；　one　broad…axe；　a　long　whip…saw；　and　a　canoe　of　corn。　　Pocahontas；　however；　was　kept　at　Jamestown。

Why　Pocahontas　had　left　Werowocomoco　and　gone　to　stay　with　Patowomek　we　can　only　conjecture。　　It　is　possible　that　Powhatan　suspected　her　friendliness　to　the　whites；　and　was　weary　of　her　importunity；　and　it　may　be　that　she　wanted　to　escape　the　sight　of　continual　fighting；　ambushes；　and　murders。　　More　likely　she　was　only　making　a　common　friendly　visit；　though　Hamor　says　she　went　to　trade　at　an　Indian　fair。

The　story　of　her　capture　is　enlarged　and　more　minutely　related　by　Ralph　Hamor；　Jr。；　who　was　one　of　the　colony　shipwrecked　on　the　Bermudas　in　1609；　and　returned　to　England　in　1614；　where　he　published　（London；　1615）　〃A　True　Discourse　of　Virginia；　and　the　Success　of　the　Affairs　there　till　the　18th　of　June；　1614。〃　　Hamor　was　the　son　of　a　merchant　tailor　in　London　who　was　a　member　of　the　Virginia　company。　Hamor　writes：

〃It　chanced　Powhatan's　delight　and　darling；　his　daughter　Pocahuntas　（whose　fame　has　even　been　spread　in　England　by　the　title　of　Nonparella　of　Firginia）　in　her　princely　progresse　if　I　may　so　terme　it；　tooke　some　pleasure　（in　the　absence　of　Captaine　Argall）　to　be　among　her　friends　at　Pataomecke　（as　it　seemeth　by　the　relation　I　had）；　implored　thither　as　shopkeeper　to　a　Fare；　to　exchange　some　of　her　father's　commodities　for　theirs；　where　residing　some　three　months　or　longer；　it　fortuned　upon　occasion　either　of　promise　or　profit；　Captaine　Argall　to　arrive　there；　whom　Pocahuntas；　desirous　to　renew　her　familiaritie　with　the　English；　and　delighting　to　see　them　as　unknown；　fearefull　perhaps　to　be　surprised；　would　gladly　visit　as　she　did；　of　whom　no　sooner　had　Captaine　Argall　intelligence；　but　he　delt　with　an　old　friend　Iapazeus；　how　and　by　what　meanes　he　might　procure　her　caption；　assuring　him　that　now　or　never；　was　the　time　to　pleasure　him；　if　he　intended　indeede　that　love　which　he　had　made　profession　of；　that　in　ransome　of　hir　he　might　redeeme　some　of　our　English　men　and　armes；　now　in　the　possession　of　her　father；　promising　to　use　her　withall　faire　and　gentle　entreaty；　Iapazeus　well　assured　that　his　brother；　as　he　promised；　would　use　her　courteously；　promised　his　best　endeavors　and　service　to　accomplish　his　desire；　and　thus　wrought　it；　making　his　wife　an　instrument　（which　sex　have　ever　been　most　powerful　in　beguiling　inticements）　to　effect　his　plot　which　hee　had　thus　laid；　he　agreed　that　himself；　his　wife　and　Pocahuntas；　would　accompanie　his　brother　to　the　water　side；　whither　come；　his　wife　should　faine　a　great　and　longing　desire　to　goe　aboorde；　and　see　the　shippe；　which　being　there　three　or　four　times　before　she　had　never　seene；　and　should　be　earnest　with　her　husband　to　permit　herhe　seemed　angry　with　her；　making　as　he　pretended　so　unnecessary　request；　especially　being　without　the　company　of　women；　which　denial　she　taking　unkindly；　must　faine　to　weepe　（as　who　knows　not　that　women　can　command　teares）　whereupon　her　husband　seeming　to　pitty　those　counterfeit　teares；　gave　her　leave　to　goe　aboord；　so　that　it　would　pleese　Pocahuntas　to　accompany　her；　now　was　the　greatest　labour　to　win　her；　guilty　perhaps　of　her　father's　wrongs；　though　not　knowne　as　she　supposed；　to　goe　with　her；　yet　by　her　earnest　persuasions；　she　assented：　so　forthwith　aboord　they　went；　the　best　cheere　that　could　be　made　was　seasonably　provided；　to　supper　they　went；　merry　on　all　hands；　especially　Iapazeus　and　his　wife；　who　to　expres　their　joy　would　ere　be　treading　upon　Captaine　Argall's　foot；　as　who　should　say　tis　don；　she　is　your　own。　　Supper　ended　Pocahuntas　was　lodged　in　the　gunner's　roome；　but　Iapazeus　and　his　wife　desired　to　have　some　conference　with　their　brother；　which　was　onely　to　acquaint　him　by　what　stratagem　they　had　betraied　his　prisoner　as　I　have　already　related：　after　which　discourse　to　sleepe　they　went；　Pocahuntas　nothing　mistrusting　this　policy；　who　nevertheless　being　most　possessed　with　feere；　and　desire　of　returne；　was　first　up；　and　hastened　Iapazeus　to　be　gon。　　Capt。　Argall　having　secretly　well　rewarded　him；　with　a　small　Copper　kittle；　and　some　other　les　valuable　toies　so　highly　by　him　esteemed；　that　doubtlesse　he　would　have　betraied　his　own　father　for　them；　permitted　both　him　and　his　wife　to　returne；　but　told　him　that　for　divers　considerations；　as　for　that　his　father　had　then　eigh　＇8＇　of　our　Englishe　men；　many　swords；　peeces；　and　other　tooles；　which　he　hid　at　severall　times　by　trecherous　murdering　our　men；　taken　from　them　which　though　of　no　use　to　him；　he　would　not　redeliver；　he　would　reserve　Pocahuntas；　whereat　she　began　to　be　exceeding　pensive；　and　discontented；　yet　ignorant　of　the　dealing　of　Japazeus　who　in　outward　appearance　was　no　les　discontented　that　he　should　be　the　meanes　of　her　captivity；　much　adoe　there　was　to　pursuade　her　to　be　patient；　which　with　extraordinary　curteous　usage；　by　little　and　little　was　wrought　in　her；　and　so　to　Jamestowne　she　was　brought。〃

Smith；　who　condenses　this　account　in　his　〃General　Historie；〃　expresses　his　contempt　of　this　Indian　treachery　by　saying：　〃The　old　Jew　and　his　wife　began　to　howle　and　crie　as　fast　as　Pocahuntas。〃　　It　will　be　noted　that　the　account　of　the　visit　（apparently　alone）　of　Pocahontas　and　her　capture　is　strong　evidence　that　she　was　not　at　this