To hide their original name from the English.
Pocahontas
Pocahontas had one son, Thomas Rolfe, born 1615.
what are two good facts about Pocahontas
Pocahontas and Kanawha Counties are the only two that come to mind.
American indians had no last names.
John Rolfe had two wives. His first wife was Pocahontas, a Native American woman from the Powhatan tribe, whom he married in 1614. After Pocahontas's death in 1617, Rolfe married Jane Pierce in 1626.
The Double Life of Pocahontas was written by Jean Fritz.
Pocahontas is her real name, she also went by the names: Matoaka (or Matoika) and Amonute. Her "Christian" name was Rebecca Rolfe.
I think 3....yeah 3 for sure. Pocahontas Matoika Rebecca Rolfe(when she got married to John Rolfe)
Pocahontas, Powhatan
One of pocohontas's friends was Meko, but i dont recall any other animal friends that she had...
Because it was a nickname from her childhood. Her formal name was matoaka. And her English name was Rebecca. She was known for any of those names, not just pocahontas, but Pocahontas is the name people know her by