Blood on the River

Who is the girl that arrives with the natives in Chapter 17, and how is she described?

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Amonute is about ten-years-old. She has a long braid, and she is wearing necklaces of pearl and copper and a deerskin mantle. Captain Smith explains that Amonute is called “Pocahontas,” a nickname meaning “playful one” (130).

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