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John Smith was an American actor, better known for his roles as "Slim Sherman" and "Deputy Lane Temple" in the Western shows 'Laramie' and 'Cimarron City'.'Laramie': John Smith's Cause Of...
Jan 19, 2020 · John was 14 years old when the ice broke on the lake. First responders said he was underwater for 15 minutes. Smith was rushed to the hospital and had no heartbeat for 55 minutes.
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Feb 20, 2024 · John Smith claimed Pocahontas saved him from execution when she was just 11 or 12 years old. Whether the story happened the way Smith tells it—or even at all—is up for debate, a 2017...
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May 4, 2019 · John Smith was the leader of the Labour Party who died in 1994, missing out on becoming prime minister. This article explores how his death affected the UK's politics, economy, foreign policy and devolution.
- Early Life and Military Exploits
- Founding of Jamestown
- John Smith and Pocahontas
- Leadership of Jamestown
- Anglo-Powhatan Wars
- Later Life and Death
- Sources
Born around 1580 in Willoughby, a town in Lincolnshire, England, Smith left home at age 16 after his father’s death. He sailed to France, where he joined volunteer forces fighting for Dutch independence against Spain. He later served on a pirate ship in the Mediterranean Sea before heading to Austria in 1600 to join the forces of the Holy Roman Emp...
In 1607, Smith’s military reputation helped earn him a spot in the group of men assembled by the Virginia Company to form an English colony in North America. With a charter from King James I in hand, 104 settlers sailed from England aboard three ships in December 1606. During the four-month sea voyage, expedition leaders arrested Smith for planning...
The new colony struggled with food shortages and disease, and in the fall of 1607 Smith began conducting expeditions to Native American villages to secure food. That December, a Powhatan hunting party captured Smith during one of these trips and brought him before Wahunsenacawh (commonly known as Chief Powhatan), the leader of most of the indigenou...
In September 1608, Smith was elected president of Jamestown's governing council. He instilled greater discipline among the settlers, enforcing the rule"He who will not work shall not eat." Under Smith's guiding hand, the colony made progress: The settlers dug the first well, planted crops and began repairing the fort that had burned down the previo...
In the months after his departure, Chief Powhatan ordered his men to attack the Jamestown fort, beginning the first of the Anglo-Powhatan Wars, and Jamestown endured the so-called "starving time" over the winter of 1609-10, during which several hundred colonists died. Though Smith wanted to return to Jamestown, the Virginia Company refused to send ...
When he was released, Smith was unable to find anyone in England to back further voyages across the Atlantic. He focused on writing about his experiences, published works such as The Generall Historie of Virginia (1624) and The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captain John Smith(1630). Though Smith was known to exaggerate his own explo...
Bill Warder. Captain John Smith. National Park Service. Bernard Bailyn. The Barbarous Years - The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675 (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012) John Smith. Jamestown Rediscovery: Historic Jamestowne.
John Smith, who changed his name from Robert Earl Van Orden as a joke, then gained starring roles in the TV westerns “Laramie” and “Cimarron City,” has died at 63.
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Apr 11, 2024 · Oklahoma State wrestling coach John Smith has announced his retirement after 33 years. His teams won five NCAA team championships, 33 individual NCAA champions and 23 conference titles.
