In 1607, during the precarious first year of England’s Jamestown experiment in North America, Captain John Smith later claimed that his life was spared through the intervention of Pocahontas, the young daughter of the powerful Algonquian leader Wahunsenacawh. According to Smith’s account, the dramatic…
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On April 5, 1614, the marriage of Pocahontas—daughter of the influential Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh—and English colonist John Rolfe took place in Jamestown, Virginia. Though often remembered as a romantic tale bridging two civilizations, the union was primarily a diplomatic gesture. It symbolized a fragile…
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