Pocahontas

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Pocahontas

• Pocahontas (c. 1595 March 21 1617) was a Native
  American woman She was a daughter of
  Wahunsunacock. Her formal names were Matoaka (or
  Matoika) and Amonute, Pocahontas was a nickname
  referring to her playful nature.

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John Smith

• John Smith, was born in England on January 9 1580
• He was the Captain of the first settlers in
  Jamestown, Virginia.
• John Smith was captured by the local tribes who
  condemned him to death. He was saved by
  Pocahontas.

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Chief powhatan

• Chief Powhatan Wahunsunacock, was the leader of
  the Powhatan, a powerful tribe of Native
  Americans speaking an Algonquian language, who
  lived where is now Tidewater, Virginia at the
  time of the first English-Native encounters. He
  was Pocahontass father.

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John Rolfe

• John Rolfe 1585-1622 was one of the early English
  settlers of North America. He is credited with
  the first successful cultivation of tobacco in
  the Colony of Virginia and is known as the
  husband of Pocahontas.

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Pocahontas in England

• Two years later Rolfe took Pocahontas and their
  son Thomas to England. The arrival of Pocahontas
  in London was well publicized. She was presented
  to King James I, the royal family, and the rest
  of the best of London society.

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Pocahontass death

• In March 1617, while preparing to return to her
  native land, Pocahontas became ill.The nature of
  her illness is unknown. Yet, Pocahontas had
  suffered from the pollution in London, she may
  have died of pneumonia or tuberculosis.
• She died at Gravesend, England where she was
  buried.

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