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Who is
Pocahontas?
Pocahontas (1596?-1617) was a daughter of the head of the Powhatan chiefdom, Wahunsonacock or Powhatan. She had two other Indian names, Matoaka and Amonute. She reputedly saved the life of Captain John Smith. After this episode, Pocahontas often visited James Fort, serving as an intermediary and translator. In March 1613, during the ongoing war between the English and the Indians, she was kidnapped and held as hostage. During her captivity, Pocahontas grew fond of Englishman John Rolfe, who was clearly drawn to the vivacious young woman and was impressed by her conversion to Christianity during her imprisonment. Only about seventeen years old, Pocahontas changed her name to Rebecca and, with her father’s approval, married Rolfe in a Christian ceremony in 1614. Two years later, Pocahontas and her infant son accompanied Rolfe to England where she was paraded about as an exotic “princess” from America. She died of an unknown European disease just before returning to America and was buried at Gravesend in 1617.
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