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Which describes the relationship between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan in the early 1600s?

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They were often in conflict

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Both sides committed atrocities against the other. Powhatan was finally forced into a truce of sorts. Colonists captured Powhatan's favorite daughter, Pocahontas, who soon married John Rolfe. Their marriage did help relations between Indians and colonists.
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