Summarize chief pohatans letter to john smith:
I have seen two generations of my people the.... I know the difference between peace and war
better than any man in my country. I am now grown old, and must the soon; my authority
must descend to my brothers, Opitehapan, Opechancanough and Catatough-then to my two
sisters, and then to my two daughters-I wish them to know as much as I do, and that your
love to them may be like mine to you. Why will you take by force what you may have quietly
by love? Why will you destroy us who supply you with food? What can you get by war? We
can hide our provisions and run into the woods; then you will starve for wronging your
friends. Why are you jealous of us? We are unarmed, and willing to give you what you ask, if
you come in a friendly manner, and not so simple as not to know that it is much better to eat
good meat, sleep comfortably, live quietly with my wives and children, laugh and be merry
with the English, and trade for their copper and hatchets, than to run away from them, and
to lie cold in the woods, feed on acorns, roots and such trash, and be so hunted that 1 can
neither eat nor sleep. In these wars, my men must sit up watching, and if a twig break, diey
all cry out "Here comes Captain Smith!" So I must end my miserable life. Take away your
guns and swords, the cause of all our jealousy, or you may all the in the same manner.