
I think, this picture shows the turning point in the Jamestown's relaitionship with the native americans. It depicts when Pocahontas saved John Smith from being executed. Before this there was a lot of fighting and death between the two groups. Jamestown was on the verge of dying out and the native americans weren't helping. Forced to find help Smith sought out the Native's. After spending time with them he was suddenly taken down to be executed. Before he could be killed Pocahontas jumped in to stop the killing. After seeing his daughter's actions Chief Powhatan adopted Smith as a son. The native americans were now willing to trade and help supply the settlers with food. The food given was carefully rationed but without it Jamestown probably wouldn't have survived. The fact that before they recieved aid from the natives the settlement was about to be destroyed shows that help from the indians was one of the main reasons Jamestown survived. Without the natives americans accepting the Europeans at Jamestown, America would not be the same today.
Good reflection!
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