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"But not this, little Sister. Only just this moment did he forbid me to go thither. His mind is set thereon; tempt not his anger. Even though he loves thee well, if thou disobeyest his command in this matter he will deal harshly with thee. Turn back with me, Matoaka, and thou shalt help me shoot." Pocahontas was reluctant to give up her long-planned expedition, but she let herself be persuaded.
And hearken, Matoaka," he whispered that the squaws might not hear, "thou hast wits beyond thy years, therefore do thou seek to learn some of the white man's magic. There be times when the cunning of the fox is worth more than the claws of the bear." So every three or four days Pocahontas brought food to Smith, for his own need and for that of his fellows.
She was silent, but Smith could see that something was disturbing her. "What is it, Matoaka; what words wait to cross the ford of thy lips?" he asked. "They did tell me always," she replied, "that thou wert dead and I knew no more till I came to Plymouth, yet Powhatan did command Uttamatomakkin to seek thee and know the truth, because thy countrymen will lie much." "Think of it no more.
When and where she took the name of Matoaka, which appears upon her London portrait, we are not told, nor when she was called Amonata, as Strachey says she was "at more ripe yeares." How she was occupied from the departure of Smith to her abduction, we can only guess.
Claw-of-the-Eagle knew that it was useless to plead and yet he pleaded: "Come back with me, Matoaka; what are the white men to thee and me?" But she whispered: "Go, Claw-of-the-Eagle, go quickly ere the sailors awake.
The portrait inserted in the edition of 1624 has this inscription: Round the portrait: Matoaka als Rebecca Filia Potentiss Princ: Pohatani Imp: Virginim."
Let us be friends with them." "Have they bewitched thee, Matoaka?" asked Catanaugh sternly. "Hast thou forgot thy father's lodge now that thou hast dwelt among these strangers?" "Nay, Brother, but...." Nautauquas was quick to notice Pocahontas's confusion and the blush that stole over her soft dark cheek. "I think," he said, smiling at her, "that our little Sister hath a story to tell us.
Smith went into his own little house and after hunting through his sea-chest, brought out a silver bracelet which he slipped on Pocahontas's arm, saying: "This is to remind Matoaka always that she is my sister and that I am her brother." It seemed to Pocahontas that she was incapable of receiving any further new impressions.
The portrait inserted in the edition of 1624 has this inscription: Round the portrait: "Matoaka als Rebecca Filia Potentiss Princ: Pohatani Imp: Virginim."
There has been recently found in the British Museum a print of a portrait of Pocahontas, with a legend round it in Latin, which is translated: "Matoaka, alias Rebecka, Daughter of Prince Powhatan, Emperor of Virginia; converted to Christianity, married Mr. Rolff; died on shipboard at Gravesend 1617."
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