Pocahontas

Pocahontas (c. 1596 – 1617), born Amonute, also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe, was the daughter of an Indian chief in Virginia, who favoured the English settlers there, saving the life of Captain Smith the coloniser, and afterwards married John Rolfe, one of the settlers. She came to England, and was presented at Court. Several Virginian families trace their descent to her.

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