Amanda

= = =TREASURES OF POCAHONTAS= = = Last summer I was staying at my grandparent’s house in Fort Wayne, MI. One day, while my grandma was out in the garden my grandpa and I were sitting in front of the T.V. watching antiques road show. Just then the man on the show was telling a lady how much her china teapot was worth and he said it was $13,550! I said I wished I had something worth that much money. Then papa said he might just have the thing I was looking for. So I followed him up to there attic and he brought me over to an old dusty pile of some old sheets. I asked what was all this about, but he just smiled, as he slowly lifted up the sheets, and there in front of my eyes was a very musty looking chest. I stood there in awe as he opened the lid to the chest, and gasped as he lifted some old documents and pictures of some really pretty lady, a lady who looked just like an Indian princess. I asked my grandpa where he got these things. He said his great great grandfather used to work for the local museum, and when he retired, for a going away gift they gave him part of their display on Pocahontas because he was very interested in Native American culture. Then my Grandpa started to lift out some of the treasures from the chest. The first thing he lifted out was the [|beautiful portrait] of the young Pocahontas**.** The portrait of Pocahontas was said to have been made in the late (1595-1617) by Simon Van de Passe of England. Pocahontas wasn’t wearing what I thought looked Native American, grandpa said that was true, because that picture was taken when Pocahontas lived in England, so she wore English clothes.

Then grandpa took out a letter that said it was written bye [|John Smith to Queen Anne regarding Pocahontas.]I read through the letter which was written to the queen from John Smith to say how kind Pocahontas had been to him when he was captured and how she saved his life when he was sentenced to death.

Next grandpa lifted out another letter that was signed by [|John Rolfe] asking Pocahontas to marry him. I was a heart warming letter telling what he felt about her.

Lastly Grandpa lifted out a book written by [|John Smith]. In the book he wrote about plantations and how hard they where to run. Also, Jamestown must have been really hard to live in with all the chores and housework, and just all the hardships they had to encounter. I was in awe, these treasures were greater than any on antiques rode show. I told grandpa I would always hold these treasures dear to my heart and pass them on to generation to generation. Grandpa was pleased and said "remember treasure must not always be in the form of gold or silver but what we hold dear to our hearts".