Pocahontas was a native American woman. She belonged to the Powhatan People, who resided in the areas around colonial Eastern Virginia.

Being the daughter of Powhatan, described as the paramount chief of the Powhatan tribe, Pocahontas and her tribe resided in the Tsenacommah in the Virginia Tidewater region.

She is well known for her significant relationship with the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. A relationship that would soon be put to the test.

While in Jamestown, in 1613, Pocahontas was captured by the colonists who made demands to her father for a rather large ransom demand for her conditional release.

While in captivity, she was forced by the colonists to convert to the religion of Christianity. Pocahontas was then baptized and renamed Rebecca.

In April of 1614, she was married to John Rolfe. Along with being Pocahontas’ husband, John Rolfe was a tobacco planter.

Pocahontas was only about 17 or 18 years of age when she gave birth to their first-born son, Thomas Rolfe, in January of 1615.

Pocahontas and her family travelled to London in 1616.  She was then showcased to the English society as an example of the “civilized savage”.

This presentation of her was an attempt to develop increased engagement from the English people in the settlement of Jamestown.

On this journey to London, it is mentioned that there was a possibility that this is when she met a famous Patuxet Indian from the region of New England, known as Squanto.

This allowed her to become very well known in the English circuit, attending many fancy ceremonies and balls as she was honored across the region.

After they were finished exploring England, Pocahontas and her family set sails to travel back to Virginia in 1617. Tragedy was soon to follow.

The tragedy came sooner than expected when they could not even make it past the UK. When she was only of age 20 or 21, she sadly passed away of unknown causes.