A wayward son [Editor's Note: The Indian people the Jamestown colonists encountered were known by the same name as their chief, Powhatan.] According to John Smith's account of the famous event ...

JAMESTOWN, Va. — The powerful American Indian chief, known as Powhatan, had refused the English settlers’ demands to return stolen guns and swords at Jamestown, Va., so the English retaliated.

John Ross, the Cherokee chief lionized for his efforts to fight forced relocation, was also an advocate and practitioner of slavery. Library of Congress “I used to like history,” Smith told ...