Young Algonquian woman of the Powhatan nation who became famous for allegedly saving Captain John Smith 's life in the early days of the Jamestown colony and later as the wife of John Rolfe, the Englishman partly responsible for the development of tobacco as a cash crop in Virginia. The broad strokes of Pocahontas’s biography are well known—unusually so for a 17th-century Indigenous woman—yet her life has long been shrouded by misunderstandings and misinformation. Jun 23, 1995 · This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young Native American woman named Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson), who journeyed to the New World with other settlers to begin fresh lives. And yet, many people who know her name do not know much about her. c. Pocahontas was born about 1596 and named "Amonute," though she also had a more private name of Matoaka. The film presents a fictional romantic affair between Pocahontas and John Smith, in which Pocahontas teaches Smith respect for nature. Here's what to know about her story. Pocahontas, Powhatan woman who fostered peace between English colonists and Native Americans by befriending the settlers at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia and eventually marrying one of them. 1618, also known as Chief Powhatan), leader of the Powhatan Confederacy in the region of modern-day Virginia, United States.

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