Powhatan
He was very different from the Indian men. John Smith spoke to the Indians in sign language and a few Indian words. "Great chief, I am a friend. My men and I want to live in peace with you." Powhatan and his medicine men did not like him. John Smith gave a compass to the great chief. Powhatan looked at it. He turned it around in his hand. Why did the needle always point in the same direction? He tried to touch the needle but a piece of ice was in front of it! The ice wasn't cold. It didn't melt! Powhatan thought it was magic. All the Indians of the tribe looked at the compass. They were surprised at the white man's magic. Pocahontas liked John Smith and his magic, but her father didn't like him.