【美国人物志】波卡·洪塔斯 (8/10)
波卡·洪塔斯 (Pocahontas) 是波瓦坦 (Powhatan) 之女，波瓦坦是住在维吉尼亚州的亚尔冈京印地安人 (Algonquian Indians：即波瓦坦人)的一位重要酋长。她的真名是“Matoaka”，而波卡·洪塔斯是她的绰号，意为“爱嬉戏的”或“调皮的”。 波卡洪塔斯最著名的事为传闻她救了英国上尉史密斯 (John Smith) 的生命。她的一生短暂(死于22岁)，但她在其他方面却影响深远。波卡洪塔斯试着要促进波瓦坦人及英国殖民间的和平；她甚至改信基督教及嫁给一位詹姆士镇的移民罗尔夫 (John Rolfe) ，一段有助于两边人民融合的婚姻。她在英国的早逝损害了维吉尼亚州内，亚尔冈京人及殖民之间的永续和平机会。Hints:
Pocahontas
Jamestown
Gravesend
Thomas Rolfe
Virginia
"Virginia's First Lady”
Pocahontas
John Smith
Captain Smith
Native American
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201205/20120503072613453785.mp3Pocahontas and her family stayed in England for seven months. They prepared to return to Jamestown. But Pocahontas became sick with smallpox. She died from the disease. She was buried in Gravesend, England. She was 22 years old.
Her son, Thomas Rolfe, was raised in England. When he was 20, he returned to Virginia. He lived as a settler in his mother's native land. He married and had a daughter. Through Thomas Rolfe, a number of famous Virginians have family ties to Pocahontas. These families are proud to claim their ties to Pocahontas. They call her "Virginia's First Lady.”
Pocahontas left no writings of her own. The only reports about her from the time were written by John Smith. His reports may not all have been true. Yet the story of her rescue of Captain Smith became a popular folk story.
Americans know that Pocahontas played a part in the early history of Virginia. They remember her bravery and friendship. Americans also remember her for what she represented as a Native American: the hope of close relations between the white people and the Indians.
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