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" That some ten years ago being in Virginia, and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan their... "
Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625 - Page 326
edited by - 1907 - 478 pages
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The Life and Adventures of Captain John Smith: Comprising an Account of His ...

W. C. Armstrong - 1859 - 312 pages
...guiltie of that crime if I should omit any meanes to bee thankfull. So it is, That some ten yeeres agoe being in Virginia, and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan their chiefe King, I recpiued from this great Saluage exceeding great courtesie, especially from his sonne Nantaquaus, the...
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The English in America

Henry Howard Brownell - 1863 - 554 pages
...received from the House of Powhatan, especially commemorates that of this son, whom he describes as "the most manliest, comeliest, boldest spirit I ever saw in a Salvage." Accordingly he was dispatched to the settlement with an escort of twelve guides, and was received with...
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Celebrated American Indians

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1864 - 340 pages
...guilty of that crime if I should omit any means to be thankful. So it was that about ten years ago, being in Virginia, and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan, their chief king, I received from this great savage exceeding great courtesy, especially from his son TVantaquaus,...
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The North American Review, Volume 104

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1867 - 696 pages
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Half-hours with the Best Letter-writers and Autobiographers ..., Volume 2

Charles Knight - 1868 - 506 pages
...wrote a little book to this effect to the Queen : an abstract whereof followeth : " Some ten years ago, being in Virginia, and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan, their chief king, I received from this great savage exceeding great courtesy, especially from his son Nautaquaus,...
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Chapters of Erie: And Other Essays

Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams - 1871 - 446 pages
...a little booke to this effect to the Queen, an abstract whereof folioweth." " Some ten yeeres agoe, being in Virginia and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan their chiefe King .... I cannot say I felt the least occasion of want that was in the power of those my mortall foes to prevent,...
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Chapters of Erie: And Other Essays

Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams - 1871 - 434 pages
...a little booke to this effect to the Queen, an abstract whereof followeth." " Some ten yeeres agoe, being in Virginia and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan their chiefe King .... I cannot say I felt the least occasion of want that was in the power of those my mortall foes to prevent,...
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Young Folks' Book of American Explorers

Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 446 pages
...guilty of that crime, if I should omit any means to be thankful. So it is, That some ten years ago, being in Virginia, and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan, their chief king, I received from this great savage exceeding great courtesy, especially from his son Nantaquond,...
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A Book of American Explorers

Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 408 pages
...guilty of that crime, if I should omit any means to be thankful. So it is, That some ten years ago, being in Virginia, and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan, their chief king, I received from this great savage exceeding great courtesy, especially from his son Nantaquond,...
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The Southern Review, Volume 6

Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1869 - 534 pages
...guilty of that crime, if I should omit any means to be thankful. 'So it was, that about ten years ago, being in Virginia, and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan, their chief king, I received from this great savage exceeding great courtesy, especially from his eon, Nantaquaus;...
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