Friday/Tiltle:Blood on the River, chapter 23/pgs:186-192,min:20

There was a ship coming with Captain Newport and it had food so everybody had to come back. When Samuel came back, he felt a little weird with wearing his English clothes but he still wore the knife holder and the knife he made. He had the other stuff in the corner. The ship had arrived and Samuel and Richard went to see. The ship had brought food and some thing that they wouldn't expect, not only men but women with families. Samuel also saw Ann and John Laydon, his jaw dropped. He saw Ann rounded in the belly in the middle, he thought that John gave her his food rations and her own made her like that. Richard elbowed him and whispered that she is having a baby. Samuel was relived because if Richard haven't told him, he would have embarrassed her. Ann said that if it was a girl they would name her Virginia. The Virginia Company made a new charter, that there would no longer be presidents, there would now be a governor to rule them. The first governor was on his way,Sir Thomas Gates, next year is Sir Thomas West, and next will be Lord De La Warr and he will be lord governor and Captain General. Smith says that he wants to see him but they told him that Thomas is on his way but days go by and he is yet to come and Smith is losing his power and most importantly his respect. One morning two guys come running and shouting to each other if he saw the Savage's face. Samuel and Smith went to see what they have done. They both had stolen from the temples and set them on fire, they even murdered some Indians. Smith was outraged, now he had to go keep peace before war broke out. The new settlers didn't understand why they had to keep peace, they thought that the Indians were bad. The next morning, Smith took three men and the two guys who caused all that wanted to go as well, ether they were bored or they wanted to do harm to Smith that Raccliff and Archer and other people who hate Smith planned.

Thursday/ title:Blood on the River, chapter 22/ pgs:173-185,min:24

Captain Newport is taking the goods to the Virgina Company for money. The bad thing is that they took almost all the food for the trip since it is winter. They needed food badly so Smith went to trade food but Chief Powhatan declined. All they had to eat was grain but one day they were the Natives there. They didn't have any food but they held a deal from Chief Powhatan. Ether they traded some guns, beads, several swords and copper. Smith had no choice but to agree but he told them he would trade gifts instead of the guns and swords. He had to take them to Chief Powhatan by boat but Smith suspected that it might be a trap. Smith dropped Samuel at Warraskoyack were it was still a friendly tribe. Samuel was to inform the others if it was a trap and if Captain Smith did die. In the tribe Samuel met Kainta. He thought Samuel all the things of his people. They were a really busy tribe, so Samuel tried to help a girl cook but her brother, Kianta, pulled him a way and showed him what men's jobs are. They first went to hunt but Kainta had to show Samuel how to makes a bow, arrows and knives. After they did Samuel was hungry so they wen to the cook pot and used some oyster shells to scoop some soup and they ate some bread. It was like they were rich, they could eat all they needed and there were no rations. When they were hunting Kainta told his mother to make Samuel some moccasins and they even cut his hair, bald on the left and long hair on the right. She used two clam shells to do it, it hurt Samuel but he sucked it up. They both went hunting but Samuel met Namotack, he was the messenger. Samuel looked like he was going to cry but he told Samuel that Smith was okay and that it was a trap but Pocahontas told them to get away. All three of them hunted and each got a rabbit and Samuel killed his first rabbit in one shot. One day Samuel and his new friend were playing a game like football, but then he sees some kids come. It was Richard and the other servants! They told Samuel that Smith told them to go there because rats ate their food so they went to different places to survive. They made fun of Samuel with his hair due and his clothes, the moccasins and the deer skin.

Wednesday/ttle:Blood on the River, chapter 21/ pgs:165-172,min:20

King James wants to make Chief Powhatan a prince. Powhatan is very angry and so is Captain Smith. No one wanted to talk to Smith when he is angry. King James sent Chief Powhatan some gifts but Powhatan had to go and get them but yet he still refused so Captain Newport when with the gifts and the crown they were supposed to give him. It took a long trip on boat. When they get there Chief Powhatan has to kneel so Newport can crown him but he acts as he don't know what to do. Captain Newport demonstrates making him look dumb. Chief Powhatan still pretended so Newport order two men to push him down, it wasn't easy. When they got back Miss.Ann was Allowed to marry. She was marrying was John Laydon, or the man who made the little box with her name carved on it. Reverend Hunt and Captain Smith were both in good moods. One day Reverend Hunt gets sick, sometimes too sick that it sends him to bed. Richard took good care of him and even Samuel helped him. When he was about to die, Samuel and him talked. He told Samuel that he would become something more than a servant one day but Samuel asked him what. Reverend told hm that he would figure it out. Later Samuel thanked him for every thing, the opportunity and a lot more, but after that he died. It was a wet day, so rainy that the houses started to flood. John was digging for Ann so the water would leave, and Samuel thought that she chose the right man.

Tuesday/title:Blood on the River, chapter 20/pgs:156-164, min:17

Samuel was jittery with excitement. He was going to the tribe Werwocomoco. That's where Namotack lives and he was their guidance. Only Samuel, Captain Smith and some solders. Smith told Samuel to take his sword and armor but Samuel thought why if both tribes were in peace but he didn't disobey Smith. When he was walking back he saw a man carving a box and he was carving a name. Samuel asked if it was for Ann, he didn't talk, Samuel knew it was for her so he told him that she liked flowers. He said thanks. Well at least Samuel had an idea of who was going to win her heart because the other guys tried to win her by boasting their guns and armor. It was a 8 mile hike until they got there. Chief Powhatan wasn't there, he was at another tribe 20 mile away. When they did Samuel was hungry and the Powhatans gave them a what they expected was a feast. There was a noise in the bushes, Samuel, Smith and the solder hold up their weapons. It was just Pocahontas that came out. She sat between Smith and Samuel and she barley recognized him so she gave him a hug. She said that they were going to like this. It was a performance, three women dressed in costumes had weapons and horns. It was better than the plays in England. After the play Pocahontas took them to a house, there were the actors. They were flirting with the solders, Samuel asked Pocahontas who taught them the words they said to them. She shrugged. They sat down and there Samuel finally ate, there was so much food that he couldn't even eat a fraction of it. When Samuel yawned, Namotack saw him and took him t his house, he told Samuel that he would sleep at his house. Namotack was right about every thing, their houses were so comfy and warm. That was the best day of Samuel's life, he hoped that his mother opened a window from heaven to see that he is an apprentice of a president and he was a commoner.

Monday/title:Blood on the River, chapter 19/pgs:144-155,min:19

Since Captain Smith was the president he made a rule:"If a man shall not work, a man shall not eat". So every one worked hard, and he was liked. One day Samuel and Richard were working on the fields gathering beans ans soon they hear a ship. It had the British flag. Samuel and Richard left to greet the ship. As they go they see more people, and Smith hopes that they are hard corker and not gentlemen. As the people unloaded Samuel saw a two women on board. one was married and old but the other was young. He also sees Namotack, he is wearing a linen shirt but his hair was the same. Samuel asked Namotack that where was his stick. He said that he through it to the ocean because there were so many people. Samuel tells him that he is speaking English good, better than before. Again the rock they had sent were just rocks but The Virgina Company still wanted money so they told the team to use the natural resources to make pottery and glass. Namotack told Samuel that the king they had was weak and small but the king he had was strong and big. Samuel was angry because King James wanted to make Chief Powhatan his subject. Miss. Ann Burras made a big impression with the men and she was at a marriage age, 14, but she didn't want to marry them, she wanted the right man. Miss.Ann was serving Mrs. Forrest but she didn't do anything, Ann did everything for her. Ann was asked to get some water and there were Samuel and Richard. They asked her to get the water since they were already dirty and bare foot. Samuel and Richard asked Ann to be friend with her and she agreed. They had a chat, stuff of Mrs. Forrest. She leaves so Samuel and Richard are back in the fishing nets. Samuel hopes that Mrs. Forrest isn't eating Ann's food rations because he never dug a grave for a girl and he isn't gonna start now.

Friday/title:Blood on the River, chaper 18/ pgs:136-143, min:18

When Samuel was on the streets of London, he had no one to rely to. He only relied on himself but the fire had changed every one. Samuel know relied on Captain Newport and Captain Smith and even Richard. After the fire, Pocahontas come with several men because they came to see if they were all right. Pocahontas ran to Smith's cabin, she began to cry for she had loved the things he had there. She told them that her father will sent gifts to them because Smith is now her brother. They start to build houses and they even made the fort bigger. They had made an interesting trade, they had sent Thomas Savage to Weromocomoco and Chief Powhatan sent one of his servants, Namontack. He helped rebuild and Newport taught him English and about Christ. He told Samuel about the ceremony that Smith was in and Pocahontas. It was a something to make him a part of the Powhatan. If Smith was one of them, so was everyone. That explained a lot to Samuel why they were helping them.By spring they have finished, they even made a well for water. Captain Newport was going off to England to leave the rocks and he is taking three new passengers, Master Wingfield and Master Archer for great dishonor. Namotack is also going to count how many people there are with a stick that Chief Powhatan gave him. He is supposed to make a mark for how many people there are. Samuel thinks that one stick is enough for the thousands people that will stare at him with nothing but a loincloth. Smith left on another expedition, and while he was gone President Ratcliffe made a decision might cost his presidency. He told all the kids to build him a cabin outside the fort and if they had refused they were going to receive a whipping. When Smith came back, every one was angry as hornets. They old him that he made them build him a privet house and that he was eating more than his rations. They even said that he was worse than Master Winfield. They had him removed but they had to pick some one new, some one who new how to survive and reason with indians. Samuel was proud of who they had picked, Captain John Smith.

Thursday/title:Blood on the River, chapter 7/ pgs:128-135,min:17

Captain Newport made so many changes to them that it made their heads spin. Captain Smith was freed and Master Archer is taking off the council. The men didn't even think if sailing off to England and leaving others dead. Captain Newport brought so much food that when they heard a Wingapo, they didn't had to trade for food any more. But they didn't know that the Indians were giving it to them as a gift. Something in a canoe gets Richards eyes, its a girl. She trots up to Smith and tells him from her father, Chief Powhatan. Samuel told Richard that it was the girl who saved Smith. Richard and Samuel gulp as they see Smith bring the girl to them and tells them that she is Pocahontas, the playful one. He wants them to show the place to her. They first show Smith's cabin. She looks around and sees a knife that Smith uses to shave, she pretends to cut herself to fool Richard and Samuel. They both scream and examine her to see if she did cut herself but she began to giggle. Pocahontas told Samuel that she can beat him at a race so they both went outside. Richard gave the word, they ran but Samuel beat her. This was odd to both of them because the next thing she did was take off her deer skin and told Samuel to race again, she won him by a mile. Then she started to show them how to do a cartwheel. Captain Newport told them that the rocks they sent to the Virgina Company didn't contain any gold. The company still wanted gold so the men set out in the morning to mine but someone left something near the night fire and it caught on fire. Every one was throwing buckets of water to stop it. Captain Newport said to make a line and to pass the buckets one by one. They were able to stop the fire. Samuel was sad because they put so much work and every thing was lost in the fire, the men's clothes and even Newport's bible.