Anne,
An interesting account-- from a younger viewpoint-- was written by Henry Spelman,
who came to Jamestown as a boy (another like Thomas Savage who was left to live with the
Indians to learn about them). It might be helpful to read:
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/jamestown-browse?id=J1040
-Melinda
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Melinda C. P. Skinner
Richmond, VA
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From: Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
> Thank you Paul and Nancy for your help. I will check the Jamestown site. I
> also found there is something useful on Native women in a journal in JSTOR,
> but I have no idea how I could access it from home.
>
> My stories (as some of you know) are personalized to the Reader. In this
> story, the Reader will don his/her History Hat and arrive on the James River
> between the Powhatan village and Jamestown in mid-summer of 1609. I know my
> blackberries are ready usually around the 4th of July, but know nothing of
> other berries. The Reader will arrive at sunup, and go west to the Powhatan
> village, meet Pocahontas in the village garden picking summer squash for
> breakfast. They will go to the village and help cook the squash and eat it,
> then pack a basket full of dried corn and together carry it to Jamestown to
> trade. The Reader will help Pocahontas make a good trade, perhaps getting
> some fish hooks in addition to shiny beads, and maybe also a pot, and
> perhaps a wooden toy. Since Pocahontas is 14-15 by then, and budding, she
> will don a shirt given her by John Smith to wear in Jamestown so the men
> don't say crude things to her. The Reader and Pocahontas will head back to
> the village, stopping along the way to swim in the river, gather some rushes
> to make baskets, and maybe catch a few fish with the new fish hooks and some
> worms. They will continue back to the village, add the fish to the village
> supplies for supper. Then they will play for awhile, with the other Indian
> children.
> I know that colonial children could have played hopscotch, but I'm not sure
> what games, that a reader could recognize or understand, that the Indian
> children would play. Dinner would be as the sun is going down, and after a
> hearty stew of meat and roots, Reader would press the HOME button on his/her
> History Hat and return to the current time.
>
> If anyone sees hole or improvements on this outline, I hope they will say
> so.
>
> There will be music background to the story. I have already used Colors of
> the Wind on another project, so I will be looking for something different. I
> am open to suggestions. It should be in public domain and hopefully in midi
> or MP3.
>
> Thanks to any and all help, and an extra thanks to those who tell me where I
> am tripping up.
>
> Anne
>
>
> Anne Pemberton
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Finkelman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Native American Culture
>
>
> > lots of seafood (oysters, clams, crabs; and remember at this time there
> > were elk, bison and probably moose in Va.
> >
> > Paul Finkelman
> > President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
> > and Public Policy
> > Albany Law School
> > 80 New Scotland Avenue
> > Albany, New York 12208-3494
> >
> > 518-445-3386
> > [log in to unmask]
> >>>> [log in to unmask] 02/11/07 6:39 PM >>>
> > Folks,
> >
> > I am starting a new story for children and it will be about spending a
> > day
> > with Pocahontas in the summer of 1609. I believe Pocahontas would have
> > been
> > 14 or 15 by then, and John Smith still in the colony???
> >
> > I am wondering what young Native Americans drank with their meals.
> > Water?
> > Did the press juice from berries and fruit?
> >
> > Also, does anyone know if there was any husbandry among the Powhatans?
> > Did
> > they keep chickens for eggs? Gather eggs from ducks? Never eat eggs?
> > Cook
> > eggs hard or fried?
> >
> > I am, as you may recall, a long way from a library (and can no longer
> > drive
> > on the Interstate) and on limited means, so borrowing or buying books is
> >
> > tough. Following internet links to sources is my favorite way of doing
> > research. Email addresses are also helpful, if you just know someone who
> >
> > knows.
> >
> > Thanks for any help on the Pocahontas' diet in the summer months.
> >
> > Anne
> >
> >
> > Anne Pemberton
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