Pocahontas Saves Smith - One Club Is Enough

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In 1607, not long after arriving in Jamestown, Smith was captured by Wahunsenaca's forces and kept prisoner for a few weeks. According to Smith, his captors then held a ceremony at which they were on the verge of clubbing him to death when Pocahontas threw herself across his body and saved his life.