Lastly, Pocahontas was made by European culture into someone that the Europeans could look towards to influence others to settle in the New World. Before the story of Pocahontas appeared, all Europeans referred to the Natives as savages who could not be trusted. When this new story of the Native woman who took care of the settlers appeared, Europeans started to imagine the opportunities that the New World could give to them instead of focusing on how to stay clear of the Indians during exploration. Companies, such as the Virginia Company, who were commissioned by the King of England to create settlement in America used their ethnocentric imaginations to make the Natives look inviting, like they were the same as the English. One way they did
