John Smith


 * Saved by Pocahontas
 * Future wife of John Rolfe
 * English leader of Jamestown Colony
 * Departure in 1609 led to the Starving Time
 * Forced to return by a gunpowder injury
 * Account of a man who "powdered" his wife
 * Decreed "he who works not, eats not"
 * Supposedly coined the term "New England"
 * Tidewater and Pamunkey tribes captured him but let him live
 * Lord de la Warr replaced him in his highest position
 * Christopher Newport almost hanged him for attempted mutiny
 * Planned a coup against Edward Wingfield after
 * George Percy and John Ratcliffe served as consecutive presidents of his territory
 * Laura Polanyi Stiker argued that his poor Hungarian spelling could explain why he claimed to have fought at fictional battles under Michael the Brave of Wallachia