were standing around, waiting, and Powhatan took his club and lifted it over Captain Smith's head. At this instant, Pocahontas appeared and rushed between Captain Smith and her father, and entreated him to spare his life. 5. The Indians all looked on, astonished. They loved Pocahontas, and they were afraid that the chief would kill his daughter; but they were mistaken: she clung to Captain Smith's head, and did not speak: she looked up at her father, and her tears flowed so fast, that his hard nature was melted. He resolved to spare him. He threw down his club, raised his daughter, untied Captain Smith with his own hands, and promised, for his daughter's sake, that he should not be killed. 6. Captain Smith was permitted to return to Jamestown, whence he sent a present both to Powhatan and Pocahontas. From this time, Pocahontas frequently visited the settlements of the whites, to whom she furnished provisions at times when they were particularly needed. 7. In 1609, Powhatan invited Smith to pay him a visit, promising him a supply of provisions, but designing to entrap and destroy him and his party. Pocahontas, becoming informed of this plot, ventured through the forest at midnight, to disclose it to Smith. For three or four years, she continued to assist these settlers in their distresses, and to save them from the effects of her father's animosity. 8. During this period, the infant colony had experienced numerous vicissitudes of good and bad fortune. Capt. Smith had been driven by faction to England, and the rapacity of his successors plunged the settlement into an Indian war. An attack was made on one of the forts by the Indians under Powhatan, when the commander and thirty men were slaughtered, only one person, a boy, surviving, who was saved by Pocahontas. 9. About the year 1612, Pocahontas, from what cause is not ascertained, but most probably on account of her very great attachment to the whites' incurring her father's resentment, left her home, and visited the territory of Japazaws, chief of Potowmac. Captain Argall, coming up the river on a trading expedition, and conceiving that Pocahontas would be a valuable hostage, prevailed on Japazaws by the tempting offer of a copper-kettle, to surrender her to him. Powhatan refused to ransom her on the terms proposed. 10. During her detention, Mr. Thomas Rolfe, an Englishman of respectable character, became attached to her, and offered her his hand. It was accepted, and the consent of Powhatan being obtained, the marriage was solemnized in the presence of the uncle of Pocanontas, and her two brothers. This event relieved the colony from the enmity of Powhatan, and preserved peace between them for many years. 11. In the year 1616, Pocahontas embarked with her husband, and several Indians of both sexes, for England, where she was baptized, exchanging her Indian name for that of Rebecca. She became a subject of curiosity to all classes of people. She received in London, a visit from her former friend, Capt. Smith, whom, for some unknown purpose, she had been taught to believe to have been dead. When she first beheld him, she was overcome with emotion, and turning from him, held her face in her hands. 12. During her stay in England, she advanced greatly in the knowledge of the English language, and her conversation was much sought at court. Her residence among civilized men, however, was destined to be short. While about to embark from Gravesend, in company with her husband and child to revisit her native land, she died, at the age of twenty-two years, leaving an infant son, who was educated by his uncle, in London, and afterward became a wealthy and distinguished character in the state of Virginia. His descendants still exist in that state. QUESTIONS.-Who was Pocahontas? When was she born? In which state? To whom did she manifest the warmest friendship? At what age was Pocahontas when Virginia was colonized? What was the first remarkable evidence of her attachment? When? Who was then taken prisoner? By whom? Before whom was Capt. Smith brought? For what? How do Indians generally kill their prisoners? What did the Indians determine about the death of Capt. Smith? What did the Indians then do? What were they then about to do? What did Powhatan then do and say? What did Powhatan do next? Who appeared at that instant? What did Pocahontas do? What did the Indians then do? Whom did they love? Of what were they afraid? What did Pocahontas then do? What flowed fast? Whose hard nature was melted? What did Powhatan resolve? What did her father do? What was Capt. Smith permitted to do? To whom did he send presents ? What did Pocahontas frequently do? In what way did Powhatan attempt to entrap Capt. Smith? When? Who informed him of the plot? How? How long did she continue to assist the settlers? Where was Capt. Smith driven? By what? On what was an attack made? By whom? Who were slaughtered? What did Pocahontas do in 1612? Why, is it supposed, did Pocahontas leave home? Who obtained Pocahontas ? For what? What did he give for her? Did her father ransom her? Who, during her detention, became attached to her and offered to marry her? Did Powhatan consent? What did this event relieve and what preserve? When did Pocahontas and her husband embark for England? What did she become in England? Whom did she see in England? What did she do on seeing Capt. Smith? In what did she improve in England? Where did she die? When? At what age? Did she leave any child? By whom was it educated? Where? What did he become? Where do his descendants still exist? SPELLING LESSON LII. A ca ci a (å ka' shẻ 'á), n. the Egyptian thorn-tree; a drug. A light ed (å lite' êd), pre. of Alight, to dismount, descend; to come down; to fall upon. A long-side (å long-side'), ad. by the side of; side by side. Cam els (kam' êlz), n. plu. of Camel, a large animal or quadruped much used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and travellers. Can non shot (kân' nûn `shỗt), n. a ball for a cannon; the range or distance which a cannon will throw a ball. Ce ler i ty (sè lêr' è 'tè), n. swiftness, rapidity; speed; velocity. Dar ken ed (dår' knd), pre. of Darken, to make obscure; to make or grow dark. [vable. Dês' per 'åte, a. hopeless, forlorn; mad; rash, furious; irretrieDis join ed (diz joind'), part. a. disunited, parted; separated: pre. of Disjoin, to disunite, to part; to separate. Dis per sed (dis pêrst'), pre. of Disperse, to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away. Dis tan ces (dis' tân 'siz), n. plu. and pres. t. of Distance, space between things, time, &c.; remoteness in place; reserve, coldness: v. to place remotely; to leave behind in a race, E lev en (è lev' vn), a. one and ten. [&c. Ex panse (êks pånse'), n. a wide extent of space or body. powers. I dris (l' dris), n. prop. a man's name. In ter vals (in' têr `vâlz), n. plu. of Interval, space or time between; remission of disease; distance; a tract of low, level ground along the banks of a river or between hills. Is ma el (iz' má vél), n. prop. a man's name. Lame' ness, n. impaired or weak state of the body or limbs; imperfection; weakness. [splendid, pompous. Mag nifi cent (måg nif' è `sent), a. grand in appearance, lofty; North west', n. the point between the north and west. O'clock (8 klök'), n. the hour of the day. [upon. O ver take (o vůr tåke'), v. to come up with; to catch; to come Over whelm (ỏ vûr hwêlm'), v. to spread over or crush with something violent and weighty. Pil lars (pîl' lûrz), n. plu. of Pillar, a kind of column; a supporter, that which sustains or upholds; a monument. Ran ged (rånjd), pre. of Range, to place in order; to rove over: n. a rank, a row; excursion; extent; room; a grate. Red' ness, n. the quality of being red. Riv et ed (riv' it êd), pre. of Rivet, to fasten firmly or make immovable; to fasten with rivets: n. a pin or bolt of iron or other metal clinched at both ends. Sail ing (såle' ing), part. a. passing in water or air: par. of Sail, to move by sails on the water; to be moved by the wind: n. the canvass of a ship, &c. Shriek ed (shreekt), pre. of Shriek, to scream in fright, horror, or anguish; to utter a sharp, shrill cry: n. a sharp, shrill scream or cry of terror or anguish. Si moom (sẻ mỗ%m), n. a strong, hot, suffocating wind. Slow ness (slo nes), n. want of swiftness, velocity, or speed; delay; moderate motion. South east (south eèst'), n. the point between the south and east. Stalk ing (ståwk' ing), par. of Stalk, to walk or move with high or proud steps; to strut: n. the stem of a plant; a high or proud step. Sun rise (sûn' rize), n. first appearance of the sun in the morning. Swift' est, a. quickest, most rapid, most speedy; nimblest; most ready. [greatly; to make afraid. Ter ri fi ed (ter' rẻ 'fide), pre. of Terrify, to frighten very Tu cor o ries (tú kör' d 'rîz), n. prop. plu. a class of people in Arabia. Twen ty-one (twên' tè-'wûn), a. twenty and one united. Waa di-el-Hal boub (wà' dé- él-hâl' b88b), n. prop. the name of a place in Arabia. READING LESSON LII. Description of Sand-Floods in Arabia. 1. At one o'clock we alighted among some acacia trees at Waadi-el-Halboub, having gone twenty-one miles. We were here at once surprised and terrified by a sight, surely one of the most magnificent in the world. In that vast expanse of desert from west to northwest of us, we saw a number of prodigious pillars of sand, at different distances, at times moving with great celerity, at others stalking on with a majestic slowness: at intervals we thought they were coming in a few minutes to overwhelm us; and small quantities of sand did more than once actually reach us. 2. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds. There the tops often separated from the bodies; and, these once disjoined, dispersed in the air, and did not appear more. Sometimes they were broken near the middle, as if struck with a large cannonshot. . 3. About noon they began to advance with considerable swiftness upon us, the wind being very strong at north. Eleven of them ranged along-side of us, about the distance of three miles. The greatest diameter of the largest appeared to me at that distance as if it would measure ten feet. They retired from us with a wind at southeast, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment. 4. It was in vain to think of flying; the swiftest horse or the fastest sailing ship could be of no use to carry us out of this danger; and the full persuasion of this riveted me as if to the spot where I stood, and let the camels gain on me in my state of lameness, that it was with some difficulty that I could overtake them. 5. On another day the same appearance of moving pillars of sand presented themselves to us, in form and disposition like those we had seen at Waadi-el-Halboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less in size. They came several times in a direction upon us, that is, I believe, |