Complex sentence: Just then morning comes, and Powhatan and his tribe forcibly bring Smith to a cliff overlooking a clearing for execution; right at the same time, Ratcliffe leads the armed colonists to the cliff to fight Powhatan's warriors.
Split into simpler sentences: Just then morning comes, and Powhatan and his tribe forcibly bring Smith to a cliff overlooking a clearing for execution. Meanwhile, Ratcliffe leads the armed colonists to the cliff to fight Powhatan's warriors.