More details about Pocahontas' life can be found at APVA Preservation Virginia.Īnd at New English Review which includes 4 pictures of Pocahontas the entry in Gravesend burial register and a statue of her outside the church in Gravesend. The entry for her burial can be found in Gravesend burial register. Her husband and son returned alone to Varina farm. However, she was taken ill off the coast of Kent and her body was buried in Gravesend churchyard. In March1617 Pocahontas set sail with her husband back to America. It is also likely that she went to Heacham in Norfolk to stay with her husband's family. Pocahontas' stay in London is well documented she attended the royal court and met King James and also went to watch a play at the Globe theatre. One member of the tribe, Uttmatomakkin was charged by Powhatan to make a notch in a wooden staff every time he saw an Englishman and it is said that he had thrown the staff away by the time they left Plymouth. In 1616 they set sail to England along with other members of the Algonquian tribe and landed at Plymouth. Pocahontas lived with her husband at Varina farm where they grew tobacco.
Although her father, Powhatan did not attend the marriage, he sent her a present of a pearl necklace. Pocahontas married John Rolfe who was a young widower from Norfolk in England. She learned about the Christian faith and was given the name Rebecca when she was baptised. Pocahontas was treated as a guest whilst she was a prisoner. In 1613 Pocahontas was captured by a Captain Argyll who held her as a hostage in exchange for prisoners captured by her father. Pocahontas became friends with Smith and in the following years she helped the English settlers, providing them with food when their crops failed and helped to negotiate the release of English prisoners. Stories suggest that Pocahontas saved Smith's life and cradled his head in her arms just as he was about to be killed by her father. Pocahontas probably saw white men for the first time in 1607 and there are different stories surrounding her meeting with Captain John Smith, one of the English settlers from Jamestown. Amonute means white or snow feather and in several pictures Pocahontas is depicted holding some feathers.
Her name means playful and her other formal names at birth were Matoaka and Amonute. Pocahontas was an Indian princess, the daughter of Powhatan who was a powerful chief of the Algonquian Indians living in Virginia. Consequently, the examples of activities linked to the story of Pocahontas may be adapted for different periods of time since they encourage children to consider how people relate to each other and to question whether they are all treated fairly Such issues arise throughout different periods of time and may be both controversial and emotive. The story of Pocahontas provides opportunities to challenge these stereotypes.