Matoaka ment she was playful hehehe? em.... I'm a girl who plays halo reach :)
Pocahontas's baby name was Thomas
Her real name was Matoax, which means "Little Snow Feather."
Pocahontas
Pocahontas' fathers name was Chief Powhatan.
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Pocahontas's nickname is Rebecca.
Matoaka was the real name of the woman known today as Pocahontas. She was the daughter of Powhatan, the primary chief of a powerful confederacy in Virginia, comprised mostly of Algonquin speaking tribes. The word Pocahontas is reputed to mean "daughter" in the Algonquin language.
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
The famous Native America woman was Pocahontas.
fun life -------------------- Wikipedia: "The name Pocahontas was a childhood nickname that probably referred to her frolicsome nature; according to the colonist William Strachey, it meant 'little wanton'."
Algonquian group