Question

What gift did john smith give to the Native American king who captured him

Answer 1

proposing to crown him (and have him swear allegiance to King James I). Powhatan refused to come. John Smith writes that Powhatan's response was: "If your king have sent me presents, I also am a king, and this is my land... Your father is to come to me, not I to him, nor yet to your fort."

Answer 2

A compass is what I think he gave the native american.