The Princess Pocahontas

To most of us who have read of the early history of Virginia only in our school histories, Pocahontas is merely a figure in one dramatic scene--her rescue of John Smith. We see her in one mental picture only, kneeling beside the prostrate Englishman, her uplifted hands warding off the descending tomahawk. Pocahontas (born Matoaka, known as Amonute, (1596 - March 1617) was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was ...