longhouse
Pocahontas
Powhatan
One winter day Powhatan sent an Indian messenger to Jamestown. He had a message for Captain Smith. "My chief Powhatan wants to speak to you. Follow me." John Smith followed the messenger to Powhatan's village. Powhatan was in his longhouse. John Smith sat next to him. "We have no more food to give to your people. You must all leave this land now," said Powhatan. "Why must we leave?" asked John Smith. The two men talked for a long time. At midnight Powhatan said," It is very late. You can sleep in the small cabin near the river." Captain Smith accepted the invitation. He went to sleep in the small cabin. During the night, John Smith heard someone at the door. He got up, opened the door and saw Pocahontas. "What a surprise to see you, Pocahontas! Please come in!"