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(1595-1617)

Who Was Pocahontas?

Pocahontas was a Powhatan Native American woman known for her involvement with English colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.

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In a well-known historical anecdote, she saved the life of Englishman , by placing her head upon his own at the moment of his execution. Pocahontas later married a colonist, changed her name to Rebecca Rolfe and died while visiting England in 1617.

Early life

Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the leader of an alliance of about 30 Algonquian-speaking groups and petty chiefdoms in Tidewater Virginia known as Tsenacommacah.

Her mother’s identity is unknown. Like many Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians of the period, Pocahontas probably had several names, to be used in various contexts.

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She was named Amonute at birth and went by the name Matoaka. She also earned the nickname "Pocahontas," which means "playful one," because of her cheery and inquisitive nature.

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