Who was the real Pocahontas?
One of the most famous stories connected with the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, portrays Pocahontas, daughter of paramount chief Powhatan, heroically saving English colonial leader John Smith from being clubbed to death in 1607. The story was featured in the Disney’s 1995 animated film, Pocahontas, and Terrence Malick’s The New World that was released 10 years later. Both films suggested a romantic relationship between the two.
