Rezumat urgent!!!: In the 1600s a group of English people settled in Jamestown, North America. They ventured to the New World in the hope of finding pearls ,silver or gold. They were to busy dreaming of gold to think of growing food. The colonists began to die. Some died of hunger, some of disease and others in Indian attacks. Captain Jhon Smith, an energetic 27 years old solider organized the colonists forcing them to work the land. The work wasn't easy because they had to clear thick forests. When they had run out of food , Smith set off into the forests to get com from the Indians in exchange for guns and cannons. Powhatan, one of the Indian chiefs, took him prisoner. Poor Smith had to watch as all his men were killed. After a short while he was shown to the Indian chief to whom he gave a round ivory double compass. When he used this to demonstrate the sky, the Sun, Moon , the stars and the roundness of the Earth, they all stood amazed. Within an hour of having tied him to a tree, the chief with the compass in his hand, told Smith of his intention to set him tree. Triumphantly a guard led Smith .to a feast. The food which was brought to him would have fed thirty men. The next morning they brought him even more food. This made Smith think they were going to fatten him up to eat him not to free him! Again they brought Smith before their chief. Powahatan sat on a high wooden seat by the fie. More than two hundred fierce-looking Indians stood staring at him, as if he were a monster. A young girl, Pocahontas, sat opposite the chief. On either side of her there were two rows of men, and behind them, their women with heard and shoulders painted red. A long .consultation soon started. Unfortunately, the Indians did not find in Smith's favour. Two great stones were dragged to the middle of the group . Then as many Indian as possible laid their hands on Smith and pulled him to the sacrificial stone where they placed his headq. Just as they were ready to beat his brains out with their clubs, Pocahontas the king's dearest daughter, ran forward took his head in her arms and laid her own upon his to save him from death. She belived people cloud live together even if they were from different cultures. The legend tells us how Pocahontas played an important part in the live of the colonists. She helped them to survive. As long as she lived peace was kept between her people and the English. They story of Captain Smith and Princess Pocahontas lies somewhere between myth and legend because it tells of a universal problem forbidden love between members of enemy families. The legendary love of Pocahontas and Captain Smith was turned into a film. Pocahontas was a great cinema hit in the late 1990s