Captain john smith autobiography

Captain John Smith.
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Smith reported the following incidents in The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine John Smith. They occured in about 1602, when Smith served in the Austrian army fighting against the Turks.

{1}[The Austrians and their allies found themselves in stalemated against the Turks. The Christians] spent neere a month in entrenching themselves, and raising their mounts to plant their batteries; which slow proceedings the Turkes oft derided, that the Ordnance were at pawne, and how they grew fat for want of exercise, and fearing lest they should depart ere they could assault their Citie, sent this Challenge to any Captaine in the Armie.

{2}That to delight the Ladies, who did long to see some court-like pastime, the [Turkish] Lord Turbashaw did defie any [Christian] Captaine, that had the command of a Company, who durst combate with him for his head: The matter being discussed, it was accepted, but so many questions grew for the undertaking, it was decided by lots, which fell upon Captaine Smith. . . .

First Combat
{3}Truce being made for that time, the Rampiers

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John Smith (explorer)

English soldier, explorer and writer (1580–1631)

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John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author. Following his return to England from a life as a soldier of fortune and as a slave,^[1] he played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in the early 17th century. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony between September 1608 and August 1609, and he led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay, during which he became the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay area. Later, he explored and mapped the coast of New England. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, and his friend Mózes Székely.

Jamestown was established on May 14, 1607.^[2] Smith trained the first settlers to work at farming and fis

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Note that most of the text below comes from Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia, published in 1624. The exceptions are for his famous meeting with Powhatan; each of the three versions he told of the story appears below (one from 1608, one from 1617, and one from 1624).

N.B. Spelling has been modernized here (as has punctuation and paragraphing to a limited degree). The headings and paragraph numbers provided are not part of the original document. Editorial explanations are in square brackets [ ]. The remaining text is Smith's. (Note that he describes himself in the third person -- i.e. as he rather than I.)

Smith and the Other Colonists Start Their New Lives, Fall 1607
Being thus left to our fortunes, it fortuned that within ten days scarce ten amongst us could either go, or well stand, such extreme weakness and sickness oppressed us. And thereat none need marvel, if they consider the cause and reason, which was this; whilst the ships stayed, our allowance was somewhat bettered by a daily proportion of Biscuit, which the sailors would pilfer to sell, give, or ex