Between March and April 1613, Captain Samuel Argall was on the move up the Chesapeake Bay in his new Virginia made frigate, Treasurer, on trading and exploration duty for the Virginia Company of ...

Argall By William T. Vollmann Viking, 746 pages, $40 Every schoolchild knows the story of Pocahontas, the Indian princess whose friendship saved the life of John Smith and cemented an alliance ...

The 17th-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously characterized human life as "nasty, brutish, and short." William T. Vollmann's Argall takes place in Hobbes's own time, and might be ...

In 1613, Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, was captured by English Capt. Samuel Argall in the Virginia Colony. (During a yearlong captivity, Pocahontas converted to Christianity and ...

1613: Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, was captured by English Capt. Samuel Argall in Virginia and held in exchange for English prisoners and stolen weapons. (During a yearlong captivity ...

The historical marker reads clearly: "Near the mouth of this creek . . . was the Indian Village 'Petomek,' where Pocahontas was kidnapped by Captain Samuel Argall in 1613." Another roadside marker ...

1613: Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, was captured by English Capt. Samuel Argall in the Virginia Colony. (Pocahontas converted to Christianity and ultimately opted to stay with the ...