Argall By William T. Vollmann Viking, 746 pages, $40 Every schoolchild knows the story of Pocahontas, the Indian princess whose friendship saved the life of John Smith and cemented an alliance betw… ...

Between March and April 1613, Captain Samuel Argall was on the move up the Chesapeake Bay in his new Virginia made frigate, Treasurer, on trading and exploration duty for the Virginia Company of ...