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維吉尼亞州的裡奇蒙，有著約翰史密斯的紀念碑，上面寫著他的故事與生平，在在都顯示他的值得尊敬與令人懷念。
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約翰‧史密斯成為詹姆斯敦的領導人，1608年9月10日
史密斯聲稱，他在1600年曾經在德蘭斯斐尼亞和土耳其作戰，被俘，賣入土耳其為奴，史密斯說，因為與一名土耳其婦女相戀，有她的協助才得以逃脫。不管這是不是神話故事，但他個人在詹姆斯敦最為人津津樂道的、還是他的羅曼史與英勇事蹟，也成為了美國歷史上的傳奇。1607年冬天亞拉岡昆族的酋長包華德，抓到史密斯要行刑，寶卡荷塔斯，酋長的女兒，不顧自身安危地站在史密斯和劊子手之間，挽救了史密斯的性命。
1608年夏天，詹姆斯敦益發繁榮，史密斯卻在1609年因火藥意外受傷，不得不回到英格蘭。1614年他回到維吉尼亞，向北部開發新英格蘭區。你認為史密斯的故事是真的嗎？不妨看看他的冒險記：維吉尼亞的歷史、新英格蘭、艾斯禮的夏天，1624年發行。
Smith claimed that, while fighting in Transylvania, Hungary, against the Turks in 1600, he had been wounded, captured, and sold into slavery in Turkey. Smith said that a Turkish woman had fallen in love with him and helped him escape. Whether that is a "tall tale" or not, his most famous Jamestown experience, equally as romantic and daring, has become a legendary story in American history. Captured and brought before Algonquin Chief Powhatan in December 1607, Pocahontas, the chief's young daughter, supposedly saved Smith's life by throwing herself between him and his would-be executioners.
In the summer of 1608, Jamestown prospered. Smith was injured in a gunpowder accident in 1609 and was forced to return to England. Returning in 1614, he dubbed the region to the north of Virginia, New England. Do you think Smith's stories are true? You might want to read more of Captain Smith's adventures in his book, Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles, published in 1624.
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