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If it weren't for this gift from the Powhatans, the villagers would have frozen to death. What was the gift?
Animal skins and furs
What event happens that makes Samuel realize how important it is to have others to work with?
A fire burns down their village- they work together to rebuild.
Who is Namontack?
A Powhatan servant boy sent to live with the villagers.
What was really happening when Pocahontas supposedly saved Captain Smith's life?
She was acting- it was a part of an adoption ceremony.
Why does Samuel not want the gentlemen to find out that Chief Powhatan has "adopted" them into his tribe?
He knows they will be angry because they think they are better than Powhatan.
Why does Namontack take a stick with him on his journey to England?
He plans on making tally marks on it to count people.
How does Captain Ratcliffe lose his job as president?
He demands the villagers build him a huge house in the woods.
Who is elected president after Ratcliffe is sent home?
John Smith
Captain Newport leaves and returns one more time, this time bringing what?
Women
When Namontack returns from England, what does he say he has done with the stick?
There were too many people, so he threw it in the river.
What does Namontack do every time Reverend Hunt tries to teach him about the Christian God?
Namontack tells stories of native Gods.
The New England company gives orders that the villagers should do what to Chief Powhatan?
Place a crown on his head, making him an English prince.
Why does Smith not want to crown Chief Powhatan?
He knows it will offend Powhatan to be lowered from a Chief to a prince.
What Algonquian word was mentioned in these chapters that we still use today in the English language?
WOW
What does the carpenter John Laydon make for Ann Burras
He carves a wooden chest/box for her.
Why does Ann Burras (at first) not want the help that Samuel and Richard offer her?
She is shy from all of the unwanted attention she is getting from every man in the village.
