ess in her new life. But always for him ambition and
action called. So he sailed away to help found new colonies, this time
to that part of America which he named New England, and where he opened
the way for the Pilgrim Fathers, who afterwards built a new Plymouth in
the new world. From Jamestown and Plymouth other colonies spread along
the coast, until in time they joined hands and formed a new nation, the
United States of America.

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25. POCAHONTAS LONGS FOR HOME

When Captain John had gone, the thoughts of Pocahontas more than ever
turned toward home, and she wearied of the crowded English land, and
longed for her native forests again. Daily she gazed from her window
toward the west, where lay Virginia, and her early life. And she pined,
and thought much of the old days in her native wilds, when into her
sunny life came the golden-haired stranger, with his people, and of the
great changes that had befallen her and her race through that coming.

She often talked with old Uttamatomakkin of Virginia, and of Captain
John, and grew more and more homesick, till her husband became alarmed
lest she fall ill from longing, and he tried to hasten their departure.
They journeyed down to Gravesend, where their ship was lying, but were
compelled to wait while it took on supplies for Jamestown.

At last, however, the good news was brought that the ship was ready.
Preparations were quickly made for the long voyage, and the day was
set.

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26. THE END OF THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS

Though the ship lay ready in the offing, and the sailors had come to
convey them on board, and though at last Pocahontas had turned her face
toward home, alas! it was not to be. A sudden weakness overcame her, and
gently, looking toward the setting sun and Virginia, she quietly fell
asleep,--to rest forever in a foreign land.

From her son, who years after returned to the land of his birth, many
proud families still trace their descent. As long as Virginia lives her
name will be dear to that state. And for us all, who have inherited this
great land, this first page of a nation's history, the story of
Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, with its echo of primitive days, its
romance and dangers, its daring courage and perseverance, will always
mean more than simply a tale of adventure of the little Indian girl and
the gallant soldier.

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