Powhatan+Indians





Chief Powhatan

 * the most important Powhatan Indian
 * his real name was Wahunsonacock
 * "Chief Powhatan" was his title as the leader of the Powhatan Confederacy
 * Village chiefs had to obey Powhatan's commands and pay tribute to him.

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Pocahontas
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 * the most famous Powhatan Indian and Chief Powhatan's daughter
 * her birth name was Matoaka
 * was only eleven years old when she met the famous colonist John Smith
 * married another English colonist, John Rolfe
 * she was converted to Christianity and baptized as Rebecca
 * gave birth to a son, Thomas

"The union brought pea ce with the Native Americans for eight years. With her husband and several other native Americans, Pocahontas went to England in 1616. There she was received as a princess and presented to the king and queen. She started back to America in 1617 but was taken ill and died at Gravesend."


 * P. L. Barbour, Pocahontas and Her World (1969); G. S. Woodward, Pocahontas (1969) **