is　no　occasion　for　a　reference　to　Powhatan　or　his　daughter；　but　he　says　in　it：　〃I　have　sent　you　this　Mappe　of　the　Bay　and　Rivers；　with　an　annexed　Relation　of　the　Countryes　and　Nations　that　inhabit　them　as　you　may　see　at　large。〃　　This　is　doubtless　the　〃Map　of　Virginia；〃　with　a　description　of　the　country；　published　some　two　or　three　years　after　Smith's　return　to　England；　at　Oxford；　1612。　It　is　a　description　of　the　country　and　people；　and　contains　little　narrative。　　But　with　this　was　published；　as　an　appendix；　an　account　of　the　proceedings　of　the　Virginia　colonists　from　1606　to　1612；　taken　out　of　the　writings　of　Thomas　Studley　and　several　others　who　had　been　residents　in　Virginia。　　These　several　discourses　were　carefully　edited　by　William　Symonds；　a　doctor　of　divinity　and　a　man　of　learning　and　repute；　evidently　at　the　request　of　Smith。　　To　the　end　of　the　volume　Dr。　Symonds　appends　a　note　addressed　to　Smith；　saying：　〃I　return　you　the　fruit　of　my　labors；　as　Mr。　Cranshaw　requested　me；　which　I　bestowed　in　reading　the　discourses　and　hearing　the　relations　of　such　as　have　walked　and　observed　the　land　of　Virginia　with　you。〃　These　narratives　by　Smith's　companions；　which　he　made　a　part　of　his　Oxford　book；　and　which　passed　under　his　eye　and　had　his　approval；　are　uniformly　not　only　friendly　to　him；　but　eulogistic　of　him；　and　probably　omit　no　incident　known　to　the　writers　which　would　do　him　honor　or　add　interest　to　him　as　a　knight　of　romance。　　Nor　does　it　seem　probable　that　Smith　himself　would　have　omitted　to　mention　the　dramatic　scene　of　the　prevented　execution　if　it　had　occurred　to　him。　If　there　had　been　a　reason　in　the　minds　of　others　in　1608　why　it　should　not　appear　in　the　〃True　Relation；〃　that　reason　did　not　exist　for　Smith　at　this　time；　when　the　discords　and　discouragements　of　the　colony　were　fully　known。　　And　by　this　time　the　young　girl　Pocahontas　had　become　well　known　to　the　colonists　at　Jamestown。　　The　account　of　this　Chickahominy　voyage　given　in　this　volume；　published　in　1612；　is　signed　by　Thomas　Studley；　and　is　as　follows：
  'The　next　voyage　he　proceeded　so　farre　that　with　much　labour　by　cutting　of　trees　in　sunder　he　made　his　passage；　but　when　his　Barge　could　passe　no　farther；　he　left　her　in　a　broad　bay　out　of　danger　of　shot；　commanding　none　should　go　ashore　till　his　returne；　himselfe　with　2　English　and　two　Salvages　went　up　higher　in　a　Canowe；　but　he　was　not　long　absent；　but　his　men　went　ashore；　whose　want　of　government　gave　both　occasion　and　opportunity　to　the　Salvages　to　surprise　one　George　Casson；　and　much　failed　not　to　have　cut　of　the　boat　and　all　the　rest。　　Smith　little　dreaming　of　that　accident；　being　got　to　the　marshes　at　the　river's　head；　20　miles　in　the　desert；　had　his　2　men　slaine　（as　is　supposed）　sleeping　by　the　Canowe；　whilst　himselfe　by　fowling　sought　them　victual；　who　finding　he　was　beset　by　200　Salvages；　2　of　them　he　slew；　stil　defending　himselfe　with　the　aid　of　a　Salvage　his　guid　（whome　bee　bound　to　his　arme　and　used　as　his　buckler）；　till　at　last　slipping　into　a　bogmire　they　tooke　him　prisoner：　when　this　news　came　to　the　fort　much　was　their　sorrow　for　his　losse；　fewe　expecting　what　ensued。　　A　month　those　Barbarians　kept　him　prisoner；　many　strange　triumphs　and　conjurations　they　made　of　him；　yet　he　so　demeaned　himselfe　amongst　them；　as　he　not　only　diverted　them　from　surprising　the　Fort；　but　procured　his　own　liberty；　and　got　himselfe　and　his　company　such　estimation　amongst　them；　that　those　Salvages　admired　him　as　a　demi…God。　　So　returning　safe　to　the　Fort；　once　more　staied　the　pinnas　her　flight　for　England；　which　til　his　returne　could　not　set　saile；　so　extreme　was　the　weather　and　so　great　the　frost。〃
  The　first　allusion　to　the　salvation　of　Captain　Smith　by　Pocahontas　occurs　in　a　letter　or　〃little　booke〃　which　he　wrote　to　Queen　Anne　in　1616；　about　the　time　of　the　arrival　in　England　of　the　Indian　Princess；　who　was　then　called　the　Lady　Rebecca；　and　was　wife　of　John　Rolfe；　by　whom　she　had　a　son；　who　accompanied　them。　　Pocahontas　had　by　this　time　become　a　person　of　some　importance。　　Her　friendship　had　been　of　substantial　service　to　the　colony。　　Smith　had　acknowledged　this　in　his　〃True　Relation；〃　where　he　referred　to　her　as　the　〃nonpareil〃　of　Virginia。　　He　was　kind…hearted　and　naturally　magnanimous；　and　would　take　some　pains　to　do　the　Indian　convert　a　favor；　even　to　the　invention　of　an　incident　that　would　make　her　attractive。　　To　be　sure；　he　was　vain　as　well　as　inventive；　and　here　was　an　opportunity　to　attract　the　attention　of　his　sovereign　and　increase　his　own　importance　by　connecting　his　name　with　hers　in　a　romantic　manner。　　Still；　we　believe　that　the　main　motive　that　dictated　this　epistle　was　kindness　to　Pocahontas。　　The　sentence　that　refers　to　her　heroic　act　is　this：　〃After　some　six　weeks　＇he　was　absent　only　four　weeks＇　fatting　amongst　those　Salvage　Countries；　at　the　minute　of　my　execution　she　hazarded　the　beating　out　of　her　own　braines　to　save　mine；　and　not　only　that；　but　so　prevailed　with　her　father　＇of　whom　he　says；　in　a　previous　paragraph；　〃I　received　from　this　great　Salvage　exceeding　great　courtesie〃＇；　that　I　was　safely　conducted　to　Jamestown。〃
  This　guarded　allusion　to　the　rescue　stood　for　all　known　account　of　it；　except　a　brief　reference　to　it　in　his　〃New　England's　Trials〃　of　1622；　until　the　appearance　of　Smith's　〃General　Historie　〃　in　London；　1624。　　In　the　first　edition　of　〃New　England's　Trials；〃　1620；　there　is　no　reference　to　it。　　In　the　enlarged　edition　of　1622；　Smith　gives　a　new　version　to　his　capture；　as　resulting　from　〃the　folly　of　them　that　fled；〃　and　says：　〃God　made　Pocahontas；　the　King's　daughter　the　means　to　deliver　me。〃
  The　〃General　Historie　〃　was　compiledas　was　the　custom　in　making　up　such　books　at　the　time　from　a　great　variety　of　sources。　　Such　parts　of　it　as　are　not　written　by　Smithand　these　constitute　a　considerable　portion　of　the　historybear　marks　here　and　there　of　his　touch。　　It　begins　with　his　description　of　Virginia；　which　appeared　in　the　Oxford　tract　of　1612；　following　this　are　the　several　narratives　by　his　comrades；　which　formed　the　appendix　of　that　tract。　　The　one　that　concerns　us　here　is　that　already　quoted；　signed　Thomas　Studley。　It　is　reproduced　here　as　〃written　by　Thomas　Studley；〃　the　first　Cape　Merchant　in　Virginia；　Robert　Fenton；　Edward　Harrington；　and　I。　S。〃　＇John　Smith＇。　　It　is；　however；　considerably　extended；　and　into　it　is　interjected　a　detailed　account　of　the　captivity　and　the　story　of　the　stones；　the　clubs；　and　the　saved　brains。
  It　is　worthy　of　special　note　that　the　〃True　Relation〃　is　not　incorporated　in　the　〃General　Historie。〃　　This　is　the　more　remarkable　because　it　was　an　original　statement；　written　when　the　occurrences　it　describes　were　fresh；　and　is　much　more　in　detail　regarding　many　things　that　happened　during　the　period　it　covered　than　the　narratives　that　Smith　uses　in　the　〃　General　Historie。〃　　It　was　his　habit　to　use　over　and　over　again　his　own　publications。　　Was　this　discarded　because　it　contradicted　the　Pocahontas　storybecause　that　story　could　not　be　fitted　into　it　as　it　could　be　into　the　Studley　relation？
  It　should　be　added；　also；　that　Purchas　printed　an　abstract　of　the　Oxford　tract　in　his　〃Pilgrimage；〃　in　1613；　from　material　furnished　him　by　Smith。　　The　Oxford　tract　was　also　republished　by　Purchas　in　his　〃Pilgrimes；〃　extended　by　new　matter　in　manuscript　supplied　by　Smith。　　The　〃Pilgrimes〃　did　not　appear　till　1625；　a　year　after　the　〃　General　Historie；〃　but　was　in　preparation　long　before。　　The　Pocahontas　legend　appears　in　the　〃Pilgrimes；〃　but　not　in　the　earlier　〃Pilgrimage。〃
  We　have　before　had　occasion　to　remark　that　Smith's　memory　had　the　peculiarity　of　growing　stronger　and　more　minute　in　details　the　further　he　was　removed　in　point　of　time　from　any　event　he　describes。　The　revamped　narrative　is　worth　quoting　in　full　for　other　reasons。　It　exhibits　Smith's　skill　as　a　writer　and　his　capacity　for　rising　into　poetic　moods。　　This　is　the　story　from　the　〃General　Historie〃：
  〃The　next　voyage　hee　proceeded　so　farre　that　with　much　labour　by　cutting　of　trees　in　sunder　he　made　his　passage；　but　when　his　Barge　could　pass　no　farther；　he　left　her　in　a　broad　bay　out　of　danger　of　shot；　commanding　none　should　goe　ashore　till　his　return：　himselfe　with　two　English　and　two　Salvages　went　up　higher　in　a　Canowe；　but　he　was　not　long　absent；　but　his　men　went　ashore；　whose　want　of　government；　gave　both　occasion　and　opportunity　to　the　Salvages　to　surprise　one　George　Cassen；　whom　they　slew；　and　much　failed　not　to　have　cut　of　the　boat　and　all　the　rest。　　Smith　little　dreaming　of　that　accident；　being　got　to　the　marshes　at　the　river's　head；　twentie　myles　in　the　desert；　had　his　two　men　slaine　（as　is　supposed）　sleeping　by　the　Canowe；　whilst　himselfe　by　fowling　sought　them　victuall；　who　finding　he　was　beset　with　200　Salvages；　two　of　them　hee　slew；　still　defending　himself　with　the　ayd　of　a　Salvage　his　guide；　whom　he　bound　to　his　arme　with　his　garters；　and　used　him　as　a　buckler；　yet　he　was　shot　in　his　thigh　a　little；　and　had　many　arrowes　stucke　in　his　cloathes　but　no　great　hurt；　till　at　last　they　tooke　him　prisoner。　When　this　newes　came　to　Jamestowne；　much　was　their　sorrow　for　his　losse；　fewe　expecting　what　ensued。　　Sixe　or　seven　weekes　those　Barbarians　kept　him　prisoner；　many　strange　triumphes　and　conju