 | Andrew Hadfield - History - 2001 - 340 pages
...held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beate out his braines, Pocahontas the Kings dearest daughter, when no intreaty could prevaile, got... | |
 | Unca Eliza Winkfield - Fiction - 2000 - 202 pages
...held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beate out his braines, Pocai Smith, taken captive. save him from death: whereat the Emperour was contented... | |
 | Giles Milton - History - 2001 - 372 pages
..."Two great stones were brought before Powhatan. Then, as many as could, layd hands on him [Smith], dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs to beate out his braines." They were just about to crack open his skull when "Pocahontas, the King's dearest... | |
 | A. J. Prats - Indians in motion pictures - 2002 - 348 pages
...events out of which the Myth of Conquest constructs the native's authorization of the white hero. layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beate out his braines, Pocahontas the Kings dearest daughter, when no intreaty could prevaile, got... | |
 | Kenneth C. Davis - History - 2009 - 717 pages
...was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could laid hands on him [Smith], dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and...when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms, and laid her own upon his to save him from death; whereat the emperor was contented he should... | |
 | Jennifer Speake - Travel - 2003 - 566 pages
...held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beate out his braines, Pocahontas the Kings dearest daughter, when no intreaty could prevaile, got... | |
 | Laurie Rozakis - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 356 pages
...conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan; then as many as could laid hands on him, and being ready with their clubs to beat out his brains,...when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms, and laid her own upon his to save him from death; whereat the emperor was contented he should... | |
 | Tiya Miles, Sharon Patricia Holland - History - 2006 - 400 pages
...held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beate out his braines, Pocahontas the King's dearest daughter, when no intreaty could prevaile, got... | |
 | Sandra Whiteknact - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 70 pages
...brought before Powhatan; then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and there on laid his head and being ready with their clubs to beat out his brains, Pocahontas, the kings' dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms and laid her own... | |
 | Sergei Kan, Pauline Turner Strong, Raymond Fogelson - History - 2006 - 559 pages
...forced to his knees with his head on a large stone. Clubs were raised to smash his skull, when suddenly "Pocahontas, the king's dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms, and laid her own upon his to save him from death. Whereat the emperor was contented he should... | |
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... having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could... 
