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Let's take a listen. John Smith is known in history as being a really important part of the Jamestown settlement, becoming the first permanent English settlement in America. So you would think his qualifications might be, you know, he was from a wealthy family, he was very well connected, he's tall, dark, handsome, charming, well-spoken, very diplomatic. And he's just about the opposite.
You know, he really was not those things. So John Smith was born in 1580 in England. He was the son of a farmer, and his father's name was George, and his mom's name was Alice, and he had a younger brother and a younger sister.
So they weren't wealthy, but they weren't poor either. His father owned some land and was the farmer on that land, but then also leased some land from a local lord, Lord Willoughby. And Lord Willoughby was very fond of John's father. They had a good relationship, so he allowed John to go to school with his sons.
And this was a very kind thing of Lord Willoughby to do. And John, he was a fine student, but I think he often daydreamed of adventure, and he also was treated poorly by the other students who were the sons of gentlemen. And in that time in England, you know, it was a pretty strict class society where if you are born into an upper-class family, you know, you are often the son of a gentleman or a lord. And John was the son of a farmer, and they treated him poorly.
They treated him as such. Also at that time, Francis Drake had returned to England, and he was a hero. He had circumnavigated the globe and brought back a lot of gold for Queen Elizabeth I, and she knighted him, so he became Sir Francis Drake.
And John saw this as an example. Sir Francis Drake was also the son of a farmer, and so John saw this as this person became a knight. He became Sir Francis Drake and very famous and loved through his actions, not because he was born into the right family. So once he was finished with school, he actually had the opportunity to continue with school, but he longed for adventure. So he became a soldier, and he went and fought in the Netherlands. And he writes of that time in his journals. He writes that he felt like he was fighting against men with very similar beliefs to his own, and so his heart wasn't in it.
So he returned home to England, and he's kind of lost, and he's only about 16 or 17 at this point, but he doesn't know what to do next. So it's around this time that he meets a man named Theodore Paleolog, and Theodore was a direct descendant of Constantine XI, who was the last Greek emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. And Theodore told him about these battles happening in Eastern Europe called the Crusades, and he explained that the Turks were trying to spread their Muslim religion across Europe. And John was an English Protestant, so he felt like this was a fight he could believe in.
This is a fight he could get behind and drive out the Turks from spreading their religion across Europe. So he was captivated by these stories, and he was in. This is what he wanted to do next. He was going to go fight in the Crusades and make a name for himself. He didn't just rush off. He really took time to prepare, and he did that by studying with Theodore Paleolog and learning horsemanship, things like riding your horse at full speed while using various weapons.
Very important, obviously, during that time. Also, he prepared by reading books like The Art of War. He learned battle techniques and strategies. He wasn't just rushing off this time.
He took a full year to prepare before he was ready to go and fight in the Crusades. So he catches a ship to northern France, and on the journey he meets four gentlemen who are really nice, and they get along very well as they're making the trip to northern France. And they lock John in his room and take all of his belongings. So these were not kind, friendly gentlemen. These were thieves.
And by the time John got out of his room, they were long gone with all of his belongings. And he has a choice to make. He can head back home and try again, or he can keep going. So he decides he's going to walk across France. So John begins walking to southern France. One day he meets a man, and he's telling him about where he's come from and where he's going. And they hit it off.
They become friends. And this man is the Count of Plour. And he's very impressed with what John is trying to do. So he gives him enough money for the rest of his journey.
So now John has enough funds. He makes it to the south of France. He boards a ship that's headed for Rome. And almost immediately after they set sail, a storm hits. And the boat is being tossed and turned.
And it's quite scary for everyone on board. Well, everyone else on board are Roman Catholics, except for John, who's an English Protestant. And they think that God is punishing them because they allowed John on board the ship. So they take him and throw him overboard. And eventually he's able to find a small piece of land, and he drags himself up. And eventually a ship comes, and he flags him down. And he boards the ship, only to quickly realize this is a pirate ship.
And he's got to talk himself out of this situation. So he tells them again, this is where I came from. This is where I'm going. Some guys stole all my stuff, but the Count of Plour gave me enough funds to get me where I need to go. And the pirate captain stops him and says, Count of Plour? That's my friend, too.
Any friend of his is a friend of mine. We will take you where you need to go. So they take John, but they also plundered a few ships along the way. And John must have helped because they gave him his share of the booty when they dropped him off in Italy.
And they gave him 500 gold coins. And you're listening to Juliana Rogers tell the story of Captain John Smith, more of the remarkable American hero's story and journey here on Our American Stories. Lee Habib here, the host of Our American Stories. Every day on this show, we're bringing inspiring stories from across this great country, stories from our big cities and small towns.
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