John Smith was a famous Jamestown settler and explorer. He wrote the text below about the Native Americans in the Powhatan Chiefdom. Read the passage. Then answer the question below.
The men bestow their times in fishing, hunting, wars, and such manlike exercises . . .
The women and children do the rest of the work. They make mats, baskets, pots, mortars, pound their corn, make their bread, prepare their victuals, plant their corn, gather their corn . . .
bestow
:
put to use
mortar
:
a sturdy bowl used for mixing seeds or spices
victuals
:
food
What does John Smith's passage suggest about Native Americans in Virginia?
