In chapter 3 of The True Story of Pocahontas, Dr. Linwood Custalow and Angela L. Daniel discuss how the Powhatan nation wanted peace at all costs, and their main goal was to seek the good of the whole tribe. In the beginning of the chapter, they describe how Pocahontas served as the main peace symbol for the Powhatan tribe. The Powhatan chief and leaders would place Pocahontas at the front of their envoys and entourages to demonstrate that they were visiting the English colonists in peace. Because she was only ten-years-old, the English new that the official business was in terms of peace, and that the Powhatan tribe did not mean to cause any harm. Also, the English colonists started to associate Pocahontas with the gifts of food. In reality,
