Pocahontas Research Paper

Pocahontas was born in 1596 to the daughter of an Indian chief leader of Virginia, named Powhatan (Egloff). In the year 1617, she died from a terrible illness at the age of twenty-two years old (Pocahontas, 1595-1617). Chief Powhatan had many children, but Pocahontas seemed to be the most liked. Pocahontas nickname meant “the playful one”. She was often called “Amonute,” and also called Matoaka (NPS). Pocahantas will always be remembered as an important person in history that participated in the colonization of the town in Virginia called Jamestown. In this little town, she helped to keep it from being extinct with her peaceful agreements along with cooperation efforts between the Powhatan Indians and the colonists in the new settlement of
According to Biography, Pocahontas would bring the colonists corn and was a secret messenger to them by warning them of attacks from the Indians. Once she had told John Smith about an attack that was placed upon him by warriors of her tribe.
In 1613, Pocahontas was kidnapped by Samuel Argall, an English soldier, at the age of eighteen years old. The reason why he kidnapped her was because he wanted to bring back the English prisoners that were held by her father along with getting supplies such as weapons that were taken by the Powhatan Indians (Egloff). While captured by the English colonists, Pocahontas learned English and was taught about the Christian religion by John Rolfe. Pocahontas also was given her American name, Rebecca and was the first Native American to be a Christian (Pocahontas, 1595-1617).
Pocahontas married John Rolfe in 1614 and was the first Native American woman to marry a white man. John Rolfe and her had a son in 1615, named Thomas (Pocahontas, 1595-1617). This marriage soon caused a peace agreement involving Pocahontas. This agreement led to an end in the turmoil between the English and Powhatan Indians