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 John Rolfe fell in the massacre, Sixteen hundred twenty-two. When Jamestown met a cruel fate, Revenge the Indian point of view. Recall that awful massacre, The fatal year from every view; When Indians fought for their own lands, Their river homes—they stood for true. A war cry sounded on the coast, The torch gave signal of alarm; The onset led by warriors brave, Avengers of their island home. The Indians chieftains, then as now, Believed in home rights of the free; They claimed their happy hunting grounds, The heritage of destiny. When England realized her loss, The Government changed point of view; "King James dissolved the Company," He called for men of courage true. Matthews commissioned by the Crown, First captain of the conquest helm, To seize and hold Virginia lands, A monarch of the New World realm, The call of Colonists he heard, An echo from the Indian nation; With supreme power, "In the King's name," To guard and guide the new plantation.