The Indian Princess

Indian Princess, The

    Alternative Title: La Belle Sauvage

    Author: James Nelson Barker

    First Performance: 1808, Philadelphia

    Published: 1808

    Genre: Melodrama in 3 acts; blank verse

    Setting: Jamestown and its hinterland, 1607–c.1614

    Cast: 12m, 5f

In April 1607 a group of English colonists land to establish a settlement at Jamestown in Virginia. While some sing sentimentally of the loves they have left behind, one attempts to ravish another settler's wife. Captain John Smith leads an expedition into the interior and is captured by Indians. Lieutenant John Rolfe and some companions set out in search of their leader and eventually reach the Indian encampment. Pocahontas, the daughter of the Chief Powhatan, has saved the life of Smith. Her brother Nataguas joins Smith...

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