Pocahontas was not the daughter of the paramount chief of Wahunsenacah.
Powhatan -LRB- June 17 , 1545 -- April 1618 -RRB- , whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh -LRB- alternately spelled Wahunsenacah , Wahunsunacock or Wahunsonacock -RRB- , was the paramount chief of Tsenacommacah , an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607 .. Tsenacommacah. Tsenacommacah. alliance. Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom. Algonquian-speaking. Algonquian languages. Virginia Indians. Virginia Indians. paramount chief. paramount chief. Tidewater region of Virginia. Tidewater region of Virginia. Jamestown. History of the Jamestown Settlement ( 1607–1699 ). Powhatan , alternately called `` King '' or `` Chief '' Powahatan by the English , led the main political and military power facing the early colonists , was probably the older brother of Opechancanough , who led attacks against the English in 1622 and 1644 .. Opechancanough. Opechancanough. Indian massacre of 1622. He was the father of Pocahontas , who eventually converted to Christianity and married the English settler John Rolfe .. Pocahontas. Pocahontas. John Rolfe. John Rolfe