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Meanwhile, Powhatan's interest in his white captive became so great that he gave him the freedom he would have accorded one of his own subjects, even allowing Pocahontas to hunt with him, and when evening came she would sit by the great fire and listen to her Captain's stories of his life told with many a graphic gesture which made them clear to her even though most of his words were unintelligible.
Then came a day when the captive was led to a cabin in the heart of the forest and seated on a mat before a smoldering fire to await he knew not what. Suddenly Powhatan appeared before him, fantastically dressed, followed by two hundred warriors as weirdly decorated as he was. Rushing in, they surrounded the frightened Captain, but quickly dispelled his fears by telling him that they were all his friends and this was only a ceremony to celebrate his speedy return to Jamestown, for the purpose of sending back cannon and grindstones to their Chief.
This was good news. The Captain showed hearty appreciation of the favor, and at once said his farewells. Powhatan, the inscrutable, who bade him a dignified good-by, repeated his promise to give him the country of the Capahowsick, which he did not own, and said he should forever honor him as his own son. Then, with an escort of twelve Indians, Captain Smith set out for Jamestown, and beside him trudged Pocahontas, looking as resolute as if she were in truth a forest Princess escorting her chosen cavalier through the wilderness.
与此同时，波瓦坦对他的白人俘虏变得如此感兴趣，以至于他给了他自己的一个臣民以自由，甚至允许波卡洪塔斯和他一起打猎。当夜幕降临时，她会坐在篝火旁，用许多生动的手势倾听船长讲述他的人生故事，尽管他的大部分话语都是晦涩难懂的，但这些故事对她来说却是清晰的。然后有一天，俘虏被带到森林中心的一个小屋，坐在一块垫子上，面前是一堆冒着烟的火，等待着他不知道是什么。突然，波瓦坦出现在他面前，衣着华丽，后面跟着200个和他一样装饰怪异的战士。他们冲了进去，包围了惊慌失措的船长，但很快就驱散了他的恐惧，告诉他，他们都是他的朋友，这只是一个庆祝他迅速回到詹姆斯敦的仪式，目的是把大炮和磨石送回给他们的船长。这是个好消息。船长对他的帮助表示衷心的感谢，并立即道别。波瓦坦，这个高深莫测的人，给了他一个有尊严的告别，重复了他的承诺，把卡帕霍病人的国家给他，这个国家并不属于他，他说他应该永远把他当作自己的儿子来尊敬。然后，史密斯船长在十二个印第安人的护卫下出发前往詹姆斯敦，他身旁的宝嘉康蒂步履沉重，看上去就像是一位森林公主，护送着她所选择的骑士穿过荒野。
