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Pocohontas (c. 1595 – bur. March 21, 1617) was a Native American woman who marrie an Englishman, John Rolfe, and became a celebrity in London in the last year of her life. She was a daughter of Wahunsenacawh (also known as Chief or Emperor Powhatan), who ruled an area encompassing almost all of the neighboring tribes in the Tidewater region of Virginia (called Tenakomakah at the time). Her formal names were Matoaka (or Matoika) and Amonute; Pocahontas was a childhood nickname referring to her frolicsome nature (in the Powhatan language it meant "little wanton", according to William Strachey). After her baptism, she went by the name Rebecca, becoming Rebecca Rolfe on her marriage.

Trivia about pocahontas

  • She was born in Virginia around 1596 & died in Kent, England in 1617
  • On April 5, 1614, in Jamestown, she married John Rolfe
  • On a 1616 trip to England, she had a touching reunion with John Smith
  • This 1995 Disney film won Oscars for its musical score & for best song, "Colors Of The Wind"
  • Mel Gibson sang 2 songs as Captain John Smith in this animated Disney film
  • At the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, you can see this Indian princess as she really appeared
  • Oscar-winner Linda Hunt was a real "tree"t as the voice of Grandmother Willow in this 1995 film
  • After saving John Smith's life, she married John -- John Rolfe
  • After she was married, this Indian princess was known as Rebecca Rolfe
  • In 1613, when she was visiting the Potomac Indians, she was captured by the English & taken to Jamestown
  • The first mention of her in British colonial records was in John Smith's "True Relations"
  • 4 of the top 10 children's books on the Publishers Weekly list were about this Indian princess
  • In 1613 British Admiral Samuel Argall sailed up the Potomac & captured this Indian woman
  • Born around 1595, her real name was Mantoaka
  • 1995:"The Virginia Company","Colors of the Wind"
  • The Jamestown Exposition set of 1907 included a 5-cent stamp of this Indian maiden
  • Chaos On Tap
  • Governor Ratcliffe,Kocoum,Nakoma
  • This daughter of Chief Powhatan became a Christian & married an Englishman in 1614
  • Flit,Governor Ratcliffe,Powhatan
  • Wayne Newton hopes to find the remains of this tribal ancestor in Britain & bring them home to her native Virginia
  • She died, perhaps of smallpox, while preparing to return home from England in 1617 with hubby John Rolfe
  • A 19th century novel by John Esten Cooke enhanced the legend of this playful daughter of Powhatan
  • ("Colors of the Wind")
  • John Smith said he would have had his brains beaten out with clubs if this Indian girl hadn't saved him
  • This Disney heroine "and Her Forest Friends" appear in a live stage show with Grandmother Willow
  • This teenager was the second of John Rolfe's 3 wives
  • She's the subject of the 17th century headline seen here:"LOCA POCA!! Saves Boy Toy From Fatal Clubbing"
  • "Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon, or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?"
  • In 1614 Presbyterian minister Alexander Whitaker baptized this daughter of Powhatan in Jamestown
  • This Indian woman, who saved John Smith, changed her name to Rebecca when she became Christian
  • Matoaka, Amonute & Rebecca Rolfe (hey, things happened fast in the 17th century)
  • This Powhatan princess wed John Rolfe in 1614
  • A 1616 etching of this well-known Native American in English garb is seen here
  • As captain John Smith, Mel Gibson sang songs in this animated film about an American Indian princess
  • A state park named for this Native American woman is just 20 miles from downtown Richmond, Virginia
  • Legend says at 13, she saved Capt. John Smith from warriors of Powhatan, her father
  • In 1616 she went to England with her husband, John, & her infant son
  • "Colors Of The Wind"
  • An ABC telecast of this animated film had a scene in which Mel, as John Smith, & Judy Kuhn sang a duet
  • This animated 1995 Disney film is set in Virginia, but it premiered in Manhattan, on the Great Lawn of Central Park
  • Irene Bedard, the speaking voice of this heroine in an animated Disney film, played her mother in "The New World"
  • William Strachey of Jamestown described her as "well featured but wanton" after seeing her do cartwheels naked
  • In 1616 she & her husband John Rolfe traveled to England to help raise funds for the Virginia colonists
  • Percy is Governor Ratcliffe's pampered pooch in this 1995 release
  • Waiting to sail home from England, this Native American woman died in March of 1617
  • John Smith said that this girl was about 10 when he met her in 1607 (she looked a little older in the Disney movie)
  • 1907:A Powhatan princess
  • Born near what became Jamestown, Virginia around 1595, her name meant "playful one"
  • Archaeologists visit Hopewell to dig at Kippax, once the home of Jane Rolfe Bolling, this historic woman's granddaughter

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