ale　in　April；　1613。　　He　repeats　what　he　heard　of　her。　　The　time　mentioned　by　him　of　her　resorting　to　the　fort；　〃of　the　age　then　of　eleven　or　twelve　yeares；〃　must　have　been　the　time　referred　to　by　Smith　when　he　might　have　married　her；　namely；　in　1608…9；　when　he　calls　her　〃not　past　13　or　14　years　of　age。〃　　The　description　of　her　as　a　〃yong　girle〃　tumbling　about　the　fort；　〃naked　as　she　was；〃　would　seem　to　preclude　the　idea　that　she　was　married　at　that　time。
  The　use　of　the　word　〃wanton〃　is　not　necessarily　disparaging；　for　〃wanton〃　in　that　age　was　frequently　synonymous　with　〃playful〃　and　〃sportive〃；　but　it　is　singular　that　she　should　be　spoken　of　as　〃well　featured；　but　wanton。〃　　Strachey；　however；　gives　in　another　place　what　is　no　doubt　the　real　significance　of　the　Indian　name　〃Pocahontas。〃　　He　says：
  〃Both　men；　women；　and　children　have　their　severall　names；　at　first　according　to　the　severall　humor　of　their　parents；　and　for　the　men　children；　at　first；　when　they　are　young；　their　mothers　give　them　a　name；　calling　them　by　some　affectionate　title；　or　perhaps　observing　their　promising　inclination　give　it　accordingly；　and　so　the　great　King　Powhatan　called　a　young　daughter　of　his；　whom　he　loved　well；　Pocahontas；　which　may　signify　a　little　wanton；　howbeyt　she　was　rightly　called　Amonata　at　more　ripe　years。〃
  The　Indian　girls　married　very　young。　　The　polygamous　Powhatan　had　a　large　number　of　wives；　but　of　all　his　women；　his　favorites　were　a　dozen　〃for　the　most　part　very　young　women；〃　the　names　of　whom　Strachey　obtained　from　one　Kemps；　an　Indian　a　good　deal　about　camp；　whom　Smith　certifies　was　a　great　villain。　　Strachey　gives　a　list　of　the　names　of　twelve　of　them；　at　the　head　of　which　is　Winganuske。　This　list　was　no　doubt　written　down　by　the　author　in　Virginia；　and　it　is　followed　by　a　sentence；　quoted　below；　giving　also　the　number　of　Powhatan's　children。　　The　〃great　darling〃　in　this　list　was　Winganuske；　a　sister　of　Machumps；　who；　according　to　Smith；　murdered　his　comrade　in　the　Bermudas。　　Strachey　writes：
  〃He　＇Powhatan＇　was　reported　by　the　said　Kemps；　as　also　by　the　Indian　Machumps；　who　was　sometyme　in　England；　and　comes　to　and　fro　amongst　us　as　he　dares；　and　as　Powhatan　gives　him　leave；　for　it　is　not　otherwise　safe　for　him；　no　more　than　it　was　for　one　Amarice；　who　had　his　braynes　knockt　out　for　selling　but　a　baskett　of　corne；　and　lying　in　the　English　fort　two　or　three　days　without　Powhatan's　leave；　I　say　they　often　reported　unto　us　that　Powhatan　had　then　lyving　twenty　sonnes　and　ten　daughters；　besyde　a　young　one　by　Winganuske；　Machumps　his　sister；　and　a　great　darling　of　the　King's；　and　besides；　younge　Pocohunta；　a　daughter　of　his；　using　sometyme　to　our　fort　in　tymes　past；　nowe　married　to　a　private　Captaine；　called　Kocoum；　some　two　years　since。〃
  This　passage　is　a　great　puzzle。　　Does　Strachey　intend　to　say　that　Pocahontas　was　married　to　an　Iniaan　named　Kocoum？　　She　might　have　been　during　the　time　after　Smith's　departure　in　1609；　and　her　kidnapping　in　1613；　when　she　was　of　marriageable　age。　　We　shall　see　hereafter　that　Powhatan；　in　1614；　said　he　had　sold　another　favorite　daughter　of　his；　whom　Sir　Thomas　Dale　desired；　and　who　was　not　twelve　years　of　age；　to　be　wife　to　a　great　chief。　　The　term　〃private　Captain〃　might　perhaps　be　applied　to　an　Indian　chief。　　Smith；　in　his　〃General　Historie；'　says　the　Indians　have　〃but　few　occasions　to　use　any　officers　more　than　one　commander；　which　commonly　they　call　Werowance；　or　Caucorouse；　which　is　Captaine。〃　　It　is　probably　not　possible；　with　the　best　intentions；　to　twist　Kocoum　into　Caucorouse；　or　to　suppose　that　Strachey　intended　to　say　that　a　private　captain　was　called　in　Indian　a　Kocoum。　　Werowance　and　Caucorouse　are　not　synonymous　terms。　　Werowance　means　〃chief；〃　and　Caucorouse　means〃　talker〃　or　〃orator；〃　and　is　the　original　of　our　word　〃caucus。〃
  Either　Strachey　was　uninformed；　or　Pocahontas　was　married　to　an　Indiana　not　violent　presumption　considering　her　age　and　the　fact　that　war　between　Powhatan　and　the　whites　for　some　time　had　cut　off　intercourse　between　themor　Strachey　referred　to　her　marriage　with　Rolfe；　whom　he　calls　by　mistake　Kocoum。　　If　this　is　to　be　accepted；　then　this　paragraph　must　have　been　written　in　England　in　1616；　and　have　referred　to　the　marriage　to　Rolfe　it　〃some　two　years　since；〃　in　1614。
  That　Pocahontas　was　a　gentle…hearted　and　pleasing　girl；　and；　through　her　acquaintance　with　Smith；　friendly　to　the　whites；　there　is　no　doubt；　that　she　was　not　different　in　her　habits　and　mode　of　life　from　other　Indian　girls；　before　the　time　of　her　kidnapping；　there　is　every　reason　to　suppose。　　It　was　the　English　who　magnified　the　imperialism　of　her　father；　and　exaggerated　her　own　station　as　Princess。　　She　certainly　put　on　no　airs　of　royalty　when　she　was　〃cart…wheeling〃　about　the　fort。　　Nor　does　this　detract　anything　from　the　native　dignity　of　the　mature；　and　converted；　and　partially　civilized　woman。
  We　should　expect　there　would　be　the　discrepancies　which　have　been　noticed　in　the　estimates　of　her　age。　　Powhatan　is　not　said　to　have　kept　a　private　secretary　to　register　births　in　his　family。　　If　Pocahontas　gave　her　age　correctly；　as　it　appears　upon　her　London　portrait　in　1616；　aged　twenty…one；　she　must　have　been　eighteen　years　of　age　when　she　was　captured　in　1613　This　would　make　her　about　twelve　at　the　time　of　Smith's　captivity　in　1607…8。　　There　is　certainly　room　for　difference　of　opinion　as　to　whether　so　precocious　a　woman；　as　her　intelligent　apprehension　of　affairs　shows　her　to　have　been；　should　have　remained　unmarried　till　the　age　of　eighteen。　　In　marrying　at　least　as　early　as　that　she　would　have　followed　the　custom　of　her　tribe。　　It　is　possible　that　her　intercourse　with　the　whites　had　raised　her　above　such　an　alliance　as　would　be　offered　her　at　the　court　of　Werowocomoco。
  We　are　without　any　record　of　the　life　of　Pocahontas　for　some　years。　The　occasional　mentions　of　her　name　in　the　〃General　Historie〃　are　so　evidently　interpolated　at　a　late　date；　that　they　do　not　aid　us。　　When　and　where　she　took　the　name　of　Matoaka；　which　appears　upon　her　London　portrait；　we　are　not　told；　nor　when　she　was　called　Amonata；　as　Strachey　says　she　was　〃at　more　ripe　yeares。〃　　How　she　was　occupied　from　the　departure　of　Smith　to　her　abduction；　we　can　only　guess。　　To　follow　her　authentic　history　we　must　take　up　the　account　of　Captain　Argall　and　of　Ralph　Hamor；　Jr。；　secretary　of　the　colony　under　Governor　Dale。
  Captain　Argall；　who　seems　to　have　been　as　bold　as　he　was　unscrupulous　in　the　execution　of　any　plan　intrusted　to　him；　arrived　in　Virginia　in　September；　1612；　and　early　in　the　spring　of　1613　he　was　sent　on　an　expedition　up　the　Patowomek　to　trade　for　corn　and　to　effect　a　capture　that　would　bring　Powhatan　to　terms。　　The　Emperor；　from　being　a　friend；　had　become　the　most　implacable　enemy　of　the　English。　　Captain　Argall　says：　〃I　was　told　by　certain　Indians；　my　friends；　that　the　great　Powhatan's　daughter　Pokahuntis　was　with　the　great　King　Potowomek；　whither　I　presently　repaired；　resolved　to　possess　myself　of　her　by　any　stratagem　that　I　could　use；　for　the　ransoming　of　so　many　Englishmen　as　were　prisoners　with　Powhatan；　as　also　to　get　such　armes　and　tooles　as　he　and　other　Indians　had　got　by　murther　and　stealing　some　others　of　our　nation；　with　some　quantity　of　corn　for　the　colonies　relief。〃
  By　the　aid　of　Japazeus；　King　of　Pasptancy；　an　old　acquaintance　and　friend　of　Argall's；　and　the　connivance　of　the　King　of　Potowomek；　Pocahontas　was　enticed　on　board　Argall's　ship　and　secured。　　Word　was　sent　to　Powhatan　of　the　capture　and　the　terms　on　which　his　daughter　would　be　released；　namely；　the　return　of　the　white　men　he　held　in　slavery；　the　tools　and　arms　he　had　gotten　and　stolen；　and　a　great　quantity　of　corn。　　Powhatan；　〃much　grieved；〃　replied　that　if　Argall　would　use　his　daughter　well；　and　bring　the　ship　into　his　river　and　release　her；　he　would　accede　to　all　his　demands。　　Therefore；　on　the　13th　of　April；　Argall　repaired　to　Governor　Gates　at　Jamestown；　and　delivered　his　prisoner；　and　a　few　days　after　the　King　sent　home　some　of　the　white　captives；　three　pieces；　one　broad…axe；　a　long　whip…saw；　and　a　canoe　of　corn。　　Pocahontas；　however；　was　kept　at　Jamestown。
  Why　Pocahontas　had　left　Werowocomoco　and　gone　to　stay　with　Patowomek　we　can　only　conjecture。　　It　is　possible　that　Powhatan　suspected　her　friendliness　to　the　whites；　and　was　weary　of　her　importunity；　and　it　may　be　that　she　wanted　to　escape　the　sight　of　continual　fighting；　ambushes；　and　murders。　　More　likely　she　was　only　making　a　common　friendly　visit；　though　Hamor　says　she　went　to　trade　at　an　Indian　fair。
  The　story　of　her　capture　is　enlarged　and　more　minutely　related　by　Ralph　Hamor；　Jr。；　who　was　one　of　the　colony　shipwrecked　on　the　Bermudas　in　1609；　and　returned　to　England　in　1614；　where　he　published　（London；　1615）　〃A　True　Discourse　of　Virginia；　and　the　Success　of　the　Affairs　there　till　the　18th　of　June；　1614。〃　　Hamor　was　the　son　of　a　merchant　tailor　in　London　who　was　a　member　of　the　Virginia　company。　Hamor　writes：
  〃It　chanced　Powhatan's　delight　and　darling；　his　daughter　Pocahuntas　（whose　fame　has　even　been　spread　in　England　by　the　title　of　Nonparella　of　Firginia）　in　her　princely　progresse　if　I　may　so　terme　it；　tooke　some　pleasure　（in　the　absence　of　Captaine　Argall）　t