“We have much to learn of Powhatan’s people, and even if the preparations are tobacco, I doubt that it will injure you further. Perhaps tobacco does have curative power. The Indians certainly would not continue to use an herb that had proven to be useless.”
I agreed with him that his logic seemed sound. In any case, the wound was healing before Matowas applied his medicine and, by having no effect, it would certainly not inhibit further healing.
We drifted into a conversation about England, including Exeter and Plymouth. We talked about the differences in the two countries, especially the climates. Useless talk, really; the sort of things we had discussed before. Yet the harmless, pointless conversation with my friend was very soothing to my spirit and, for the first time since my return
