Native American Chief John Smith (likely born between 1822 and 1826, though allegedly as early as 1780; died February 6, 1922) was an American Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indian who lived in the area of Cass Lake, Minnesota (Photo from 1921) Was he the world's oldest man?

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RM2Y4GXAT–Native American Chief John Smith (likely born between 1822 and 1826, though allegedly as early as 1780; died February 6, 1922) was an American Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indian who lived in the area of Cass Lake, Minnesota (Photo from 1915) Was he the world's oldest man?

RMT7YW1A–Captain John Smith, Powhatans' Captive, 1607

RF2D5HNR2–The caption for this 1902 illustration reads: ‘Pocahontas darted forward and thus prevented my death - from Captain John Smith's Narrative.’ English Captain John Smith guided the colonists through difficult times in the Jamestown settlement of 1607. Tradition (not authenticated) says that Pocahontas saved him from death at the hands of Native Americans. Pocahontas, c. 1595–1617, was the daughter of American Indian chief Powhatan. She married John Rolfe, an English colonist in Virginia.

RMCWA6Y2–1606 map of Virginia as discovered and described by Captain John Smith. Map included image of Native American Chief Powhatan,

RF2H863ME–The caption for this 1890 illustration reads: Captain Smith amuses Pocahontas with toys. English Captain John Smith guided the colonists through difficult times in the Jamestown settlement of 1607. Tradition (not authenticated) says that Pocahontas saved him from death at the hands of Native Americans. Pocahontas, c. 1595–1617, was the daughter of American Indian chief Powhatan.

RM2R0HH69–Indian Princess Pocahontas statue in Gloucester county Virginia

RF2BP1DXA–This 1890s illustration shows Pocahontas interceding for the life of Captain John Smith. Tradition (not authenticated) says that Pocahontas saved John Smith from death at the hands of Native Americans.

RF2AX1FMF–1860, USA : Tobacco package label showing Pocahontas coming to the defense of Capitain John Smith and appealing to her father, Chief Powhatan , to spare his life. POCAHONTAS (c. 1595 -1617 ) was a Native American woman who married an Englishman, John Rolfe, and became a celebrity in London in the last year of her life. She was a daughter of Wahunsunacawh (also known as Chief or Emperor Powhatan), who ruled an area encompassing almost all of the tribes in the Tidewater region of Virginia (called Tenakomakah at the time). - PORTRAIT - RITRATTO - foto storiche - foto storica - Sauk Indians - I

RF2F3D6AT–English Captain John Smith guided the colonists through difficult times in the Jamestown settlement of 1607. Tradition, not authenticated, says that Pocahontas saved him from death at the hands of Native Americans. Pocahontas was captured (seen here) and held for ransom by the Colonists during hostilities in 1613. During her captivity, she was encouraged to convert to Christianity and was baptized under the name Rebecca.

RM2YHDFTH–JAMESTOWN, Virginia — Museum exhibit panel at Jamestown Settlement detailing the life and leadership of Opechancanough, paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy. The display chronicles his role from war chief to paramount chief and his resistance against English colonization from 1607 to 1646. Historical text includes a quote from Robert Beverley's 1705 'The History and Present State of Virginia.'

RF2GDHRF7–This 1899 illustration shows the marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe in 1614. English Captain John Smith guided the colonists through difficult times in the Jamestown settlement of 1607. But records say: John Smith came to the Powhatan when Pocahontas was about 9 or 10. According to Mattaponi oral history, little Matoaka was possibly about 10 years old when John Smith and English colonists arrived in Tsenacomoca in the spring of 1607. John Smith was about 27 years old. They were never married nor involved.

RF2AX1FCJ–1870 , USA : Pocahontas ( Virginia, 1595 ca – Gravesend, 21 march 1617 ) save the life of Captain John Rolfe , New England Chromo. Lith. Co., USA. Pocahontas (born Matoaka, and later known as Rebecca Rolfe, c. 1595 – March 1617) was a Virginia Indian[1][2] notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, in

RF2H863MG–This 1890i illustration shows the marriage of Pocahontas to English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1614. English Captain John Smith guided the colonists through difficult times in the Jamestown settlement of 1607. According to Mattaponi oral history, little Matoaka was possibly about 10 years old when John Smith and English colonists arrived in Tsenacomoca in the spring of 1607. John Smith was about 27 years old. They were never married nor involved..

Native American Chief John Smith (likely born between 1822 and 1826, though allegedly as early as 1780; died February 6, 1922) was an American Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indian who lived in the area of Cass Lake, Minnesota (Photo from 1921) Was he the world's oldest man?

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