Response to Patawomeck Article

This article was pretty interesting. I didn't know much about the Patawomeck's and it was interesting to learn that they were so close to where we lived today. The Patawomeck tribe was befriended by John Smith (that's the only person I had actually heard of in the article, except for Pocahontas) near the Potomac Creek. The Patawomeck tribe settled in Stafford in the mid-1300s, and without them give supplies and food to the European settlers, Jamestown would have probably died out. I thought it was cool that Pocahontas's mom was a member of the Patawomeck tribe. Pocahontas and her mother persuaded the tribe to give the settlers food. The Indians settled in Stafford on the creek because it was easily defendable from other tribes, was accessible for trade, and had the best soil for planting. This article is great because I think Stafford is super duper boring, but it's fascinating to know that a lot of the beginnings of America were based right her in our county. ~Liz Z.~ PS-I think it would be a very good idea to watch Pocahontas on Friday, Mr. G.