Who was Pocahontas?

Answer 1

Born 1595, Pocahontas, which means "Little Wanton" (Matoaka (or Matoika), Amonute, Rebecca Rolfe) was a member of the Powhatan (Virginia Algonquians) tribes. She married John Rolfe on April 5th 1614 and gave birth to one son Thomas Rolfe, 1615. She died of Small Pox in Gravesend, England and was buried at St. George's Church March 21, 1617.

Answer 2

Pocahontas (c. 1595 - March 21, 1617), later known as Rebecca Rolfe, was a Virginia Indian chief's daughter notable for having assisted colonial settlers at Jamestown. She converted to Christianity and married the English settler John Rolfe. After they traveled to London, she became famous in the last year of her life. She was a daughter of Wahunsunacawh, better known as Chief or Emperor Powhatan (to indicate his primacy), who headed a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tidewater region of Virginia (called Tenakomakah by the Powhatan). These tribes made up what is known as the Powhatan Chiefdom and spoke a language of the Algonquian family.

Answer 3

Pocahontas was a Native American from the paramount tribe, acknowledged for her actions with the colonial settlement at Jamestown Virginia. When Pocahontas was twelve, she saved her friend John Smiths life after he and his exploration team trespassed on paramount lands. Pocahontas's father Chief Powhatan was going to execute them but before he could Pocahontas threw herself on John Smith preventing her father from killing him.