I was reading on one site, that Pocahontas was married to a Native before being kidnapped. Most of the accounts given about Pocahontas are from the European perspective. There are no accountings from the Natives themselves as to how they felt, when one of their own was taken. Anita --- Sunshine49 <shengirl@verizon.net> wrote: > I also think it might not be wise to think of these > native young > women as captives held against their will and forced > to marry the > English. There might have been a few, but probably > most weren't. > Consider in native cultures it was a common and > accepted practice for > someone from one tribe to be captured (in war or > kidnapping) and > brought to live with another tribe, many times to > replace a son or > daughter who had died or been killed in a war. > Sometimes they may > have been harshly treated as slaves, but many times > they were adopted > into a new family and well treated. They accepted > this, lived with > and married into their new family and tribe. So to > these young women, > it really wasn't an alien practice. > > Nancy > > ------- > I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for > three days. > > --Daniel Boone > > > > On Oct 3, 2006, at 3:18 PM, Sunshine49 wrote: > > > she actually wasn't that unique in terms of > marrying the white > > colonists, it was pretty common (my own ancestor > was a Powhatan girl > > named Anna Little Flower) but she made such an > impact because of her > > position as the favored daughter of an important > chief. She could and > > did aid the English in ways no one else could, and > John Rolfe was > > from a very wealthy and prominent family, so that > gave her entry to > > the court in England, which most native women > marrying most white > > settlers would never be able to do. > > > > Nancy. > > > > ------- > > The alchemy of a changing life is the only truth. > > > > -Rumi > > > > > > On Oct 3, 2006, at 12:22 PM, Alice Warner wrote: > > > >> At the same time, equating someone who was > essentially a peace > >> blessing > >> between two peoples to meaning that every native > could be treated in > >> such a fashion is not a good analogy. > >> The reason we know Pocahontas is largely because > of her uniqueness. > >> > >> > >> Maraudermn@aol.com wrote: > >>> Hi: > >>> > >>> Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married on April > 5, 1614 at the > >>> Jamestown > >>> Anglican Church with the blessing of Powhatan, > who sent an envoy > >>> to the wedding. > >>> > >>> Bernie > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to VAHENRIC- > >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to VAHENRIC- > >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to VAHENRIC- > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to VAHENRIC-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > BARNES & NOBLE ONLINE PURCHASE - NOTES AND DOCUMENTS OF FREE PERSONS OF COLOR: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=9v5Ox3pAni&isbn=1411603338&itm=1 Purchase Site for Tape of Anita Wills on Book TV: http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=188914-1 I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer~ CREE INDIAN PROPHECY: ONLY AFTER THE LAST TREE HAS BEEN CUT DOWN, ONLY AFTER THE LAST RIVER HAS BEEN POISONED, ONLY AFTER THE LAST FISH HAS BEEN CAUGHT, ONLY THEN WILL YOU FIND THAT MONEY CANNOT BE EATEN.

Anita, Pocahontas certainly wasn't kidnapped. She was given in marriage by her father, the chief of the Powhatans, just as European royalty arranged marriages between their children to form alliances. She may or may not have been asked how she felt about it, but I'm sure her tribe accepted that as business as usual. Do you have the citation for her being married before? Bob Juch http://www.Juch.org -----Original Message----- From: vahenric-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vahenric-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of alani2@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:18 PM To: vahenric@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAHENRIC] St. Mary's Cemetery:: Richmond, Va. I was reading on one site, that Pocahontas was married to a Native before being kidnapped. Most of the accounts given about Pocahontas are from the European perspective. There are no accountings from the Natives themselves as to how they felt, when one of their own was taken. Anita