In December 1607, six months after the founding of the English settlement of Jamestown, Capt. John Smith was captured by a relative of Powhatan, the leader of a chiefdom based in what is now eastern ...

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

Albert Jester, is driven onto the Powhatan ferry for the Jamestown ... A bank loan helped build the Captain John Smith Ferry. After operating as a private enterprise for 20 years, the ferry ...