POCAHONTAS. No, no! They will tell my father!
WOMAN. Aye! Chief Powhatan must know.
POCAHONTAS. I beg you not to tell him!
THIRD GIRL. He will send her from his wigwam! Do not tell him!
[Illustration: "I WILL NOT SHOOT AT DEER"]
FOURTH GIRL. He will send her alone into the forest! Do not tell him!
POCAHONTAS. Do not tell him!
WOMAN. Then take your bow and kill a deer.
POCAHONTAS. I will not! I have told you that! I cannot!
WOMAN. Powhatan shall know. Before the sun sets, Powhatan shall know.
[INDIAN BOYS _enter._]
FIRST BOY. The braves have brought a prisoner!
SECOND BOY. It is the white chief from the village!
THIRD BOY. They have taken him to Powhatan!
FOURTH BOY. Come, if you would see him!
WOMAN. I come! I come!
GIRLS. And I! And I! And I!
[_They go._]
SCENE II
TIME: _a little later._
PLACE: _Indian camp._
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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH.
MEDICINE MAN.
CHIEF POWHATAN.
POCAHONTAS.
BRAVES, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN.
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[CAPTAIN SMITH _stands before_ POWHATAN. He _holds a small compass in
his hand._]
SMITH. Let me live, great chief! Let me live and you shall have my
talking needle!
POWHATAN. Talking needle! What is that?
SMITH.
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