John Gadsby Chapman the painting Baptism of Pocahontas in 1839. Chapman was commissioned in 1937 to create the painting. The painting was hung in 1840 in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capital.1 The painting shows a time when America was in a struggle trying to decide what to do with the Indians. During this time, Indians were encouraged to accept Christianity and other European ways. The rights of the Native Americans mattered little to the champions of westward expansion.2 Many did not want to accept these ways while others showed an interest in the unknown culture. This is shown in the painting by the disgust shown by many of the Native Americans in the painting, turning their backs while others looked on. Pocahontas showed humbleness during
