number three!

I decided to research Squanto tonight, he was a very interesting person. In many ways I find him similar to Pocahantas. It is said that he is the reason why we have Thanksgiving. Now a little bit about him...Squanto was born into the Patuxet tribe of Native Americans in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, around 1585. Captain George Weymouth captures him and took him into Britian in 1605. When Squanto was in Britian he worked for Georges, after a while he was able to move back home. When he got back to America he was captures with some other Natives and we were took to Spain to be slaves. He was then rescued and moved back to Britian. Gorges asked him to go back to Cape Cod and help him start trading with Natives. Then the Pilgrims showed up at Plymouth and the Pilgrims and the Natives were unsure of eachother but then they made a treaty. Squanto ended up staying with the Pilgrims and helping them whenever they needed. If it wasn't for Squanto the colony Plymouth may not have survived. When Squanto died the Pilgrims were very upset because they considered him a friend and a member of their colony.

number two!

So when I imagine Pocahontas, I think of this beautiful young girl with big dreams ahead of her. Now after I read a few biographies about her I just feel bad, she was taken from her family and he dad used her as spy, well that is what we think, and she also wanted to help the colonists but she was put into such a horrible situation.

---The picture on the right is from the movie but it makes you think that Pocahontas and John Smith had a physical relationship but history shows that they were nothing more than friends.

Another thing that I found interesting was that Pocahontas got married to an Indian named Kocoum. Then after she was kidnapped she married John Rolfe and she died while she was still married to him.


---The picture on the left is of Pocahontas and her husband John Rolfe.

"Suddenly a little Indian girl rushed in and took Smith's "head in her arms and laid her owne upon his to save him from death." The girl, Pocahontas, then pulled him to his feet."

---John Smith makes it seem as if him and Pocahontas had a very unique relationship. I don't think that she thought that she was doing anything bad when she tried to save Smith and with her doing this she ended up saving his life and helping the clonists relationship with the Indians.

---The picture on the right, above, is showing Pocahontas saving John Smith. It is a little inaccurate with her age but I still think it is a good example.

Sources:

--- http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/easyrider/data/pages/pocahontas/pocahontas.htm

--- http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=26

number one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VqoxOcEqpk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvYIjFtPQEk&feature=related


So I do not know too much about the Native American culture but I do find it very interesting that they have a chant for almost anything that you could think of. I also think that it's cool that we are able to still listen and learn from their chants, of course I have no idea what it is saying but I think it sounds pretty. I also noticed that the chants are very different and unique from eachother. I also found Amazing Grace in Cherokee and that is really cool. So i guess for the first assingment this was kinda interesting.

my first post(:

cheerleading is awesome!