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Blood on the River chapters 18-20

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  • How does Captain Ratcliffe lose his job as president?
    He demands the villagers build him a huge house in the woods.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Summarize Namontack's description of King James.
    King James smells from not bathing, has no teeth, is bald, and eats/drinks too much.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Who is elected president after Ratcliffe is sent home?
    John Smith
  • Why does Samuel worry about Ann Burras?
    He thinks she is being worked to death/her mistress is eating her rations/she will die
  • 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 Namontack take a stick with him on his journey to England?
    He plans on making tally marks on it to count people.
  • What does Namontack do every time Reverend Hunt tries to teach him about the Christian God?
    Namontack tells stories of native Gods.
  • 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.
  • Captain Newport leaves and returns one more time, this time bringing what?
    Women
  • 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.
  • Why does Smith not want to crown Chief Powhatan?
    He knows it will offend Powhatan to be lowered from a Chief to a prince.
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