Pocahontas was about ten years old when, in April 1607, colonist Captain John Smith arrived in Virginia.
He and his men built a settlement called Jamestown.
In December 1607, Smith was captured by an Indian party.
He was taken to Powhatan's village.
He enjoyed a feast and a talk with Powhatan.
He did not meet Pocahontas.

Pocahontas made friends with Smith and the colonists.
She often went to the settlement.
When the colonists were starving, Pocahontas supplied them with food.
As the settlement grew, the Indians felt their lands were threatened.
Conflicts arose.
In late 1609, Smith returned to England.
The settlers told the Indians that Smith was dead.
Pocahontas stopped visiting Jamestown.
She later learned that he was alive in England.

The story of Pocahontas saving Smith's life by placing her head upon his own as her father was about to kill him is a fiction created by Smith in 1616.
He wrote "... at the minute of my execution, she [Pocahontas] hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine; and not only that, but so prevailed with her father, that I was conducted to Jamestown."
A romance between Pocahontas and Smith is also a fiction created by mythmakers in the early century.
Pocahontas was about ten years old when, in April 1607, colonist Captain John Smith arrived in Virginia. He and his men built a settlement called Jamestown. In December 1607, Smith was captured by an Indian party. He was taken to Powhatan's village. He enjoyed a feast and a talk with Powhatan. He did not meet Pocahontas.
Pocahontas made friends with Smith and the colonists. She often went to the settlement. When the colonists were starving, Pocahontas supplied them with food. As the settlement grew, the Indians felt their lands were threatened. Conflicts arose. In late 1609, Smith returned to England. The settlers told the Indians that Smith was dead. Pocahontas stopped visiting Jamestown. She later learned that he was alive in England.
The story of Pocahontas saving Smith's life by placing her head upon his own as her father was about to kill him is a fiction created by Smith in 1616. He wrote "... at the minute of my execution, she [Pocahontas] hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine; and not only that, but so prevailed with her father, that I was conducted to Jamestown." A romance between Pocahontas and Smith is also a fiction created by mythmakers in the early century.
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