Abstract
Ever since the founding of the first English settlements in the future American colonies, the tales of conflict between the new arrivals and the natives already present have had as their dramatic climax incidents of abduction and captivity. The first account of such a perilous separation and isolation of an English explorer, which is still well known today, was formulated in Captain John Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia of 1624, where the author describes his rescue from imminent death through the courageous intervention of Pocahontas, daughter of King Powhatan, on his, John Smith's, behalf. This short history of abduction, captivity, and confrontation with its climactic conflict and sudden resolution, a tale that also marked the beginning of an American literature, provides the basic outline for all later "Captivity Narratives" from the New World. 1
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