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