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The English settlers and explorers seem to have viewed the Powhatan natives as innocent, simple people. Captain John Smith wrote a book entitled "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles" which frankly describes the natives as "backward, barbaric and dangerous". This effectively set the tone for all dealings with North American natives from that time onwards.

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