Eliette Belmont
10/9/17
Jody Belmont Pocahontas and The Story of Jamestown: Nothing like Disney
Pocahontas was born around 1596, and given the name Amonute as well as a more personal “nick name” Matoaka and her most famous name: Pocahontas. They called her Matoaka because of her wild, playful nature. Pocahontas was the daughter of the Mamanatowick, which meant he was ruler over all the tribes of that area, there was thought to be over 30 Algonquian speaking tribes. Custom stated that Pocahontas and her mother would have gone to stay with another tribe, Pocahontas’ father would have still cared for them, but Pocahontas and her mother would have to leave. After Pocahontas had grown a little she would return to her father …show more content…
This is where the stories of Pocahontas, and John Smith come together. Unlike the popular Disney “Pocahontas” movie portrays, Pocahontas and John Smith we’re not in love, Pocahontas was eleven or so, and John Smith was a grown man. They had more of a brother and sister type of relationship. When Smith was captured and brought in to be executed Pocahontas threw herself over his head, preventing execution. Pocahontas being her father’s favorite daughter, was appealed to and John was escorted back to Jamestown shortly after and John Smith was referred to as a member of the tribe. There is a theory that “Smith misinterpreted its meaning not realizing it was a symbolic adoption ceremony of Smith into the world of the Powhatan people.”-(nps.gov, Bill Warder, 2009). Most historians and anthropologists still believe the Native Americans intent was to kill Smith. After this happened the relationship between the Indians and the Colonists began to smooth out and many good things began to happen because of Pocahontas. Pocahontas was not afraid of the white people, she made friends with John Smith and others. Pocahontas often ran messages back and forth for her father and the Colonists. She also accompanied Indian men who brought gifts of food to the food-deprived colonists. There was peace for a long time until the colonists became greedy, and demanded more and more food instead of learning how to grow it themselves. Soon the Indians were running out of food, and had no more to give. The colonists became angry and raided Indian villages, burning and plundering. Pocahontas stopped visiting Jamestown after that. And she didn’t return for a long time, and in the autumn of 1609 John Smith was shipped back to England with a gun wound, Pocahontas and the Powhatan were told he had died on the journey. Now in 1610 Pocahontas was of marrying age, even
10/9/17
Jody Belmont Pocahontas and The Story of Jamestown: Nothing like Disney
Pocahontas was born around 1596, and given the name Amonute as well as a more personal “nick name” Matoaka and her most famous name: Pocahontas. They called her Matoaka because of her wild, playful nature. Pocahontas was the daughter of the Mamanatowick, which meant he was ruler over all the tribes of that area, there was thought to be over 30 Algonquian speaking tribes. Custom stated that Pocahontas and her mother would have gone to stay with another tribe, Pocahontas’ father would have still cared for them, but Pocahontas and her mother would have to leave. After Pocahontas had grown a little she would return to her father …show more content…
This is where the stories of Pocahontas, and John Smith come together. Unlike the popular Disney “Pocahontas” movie portrays, Pocahontas and John Smith we’re not in love, Pocahontas was eleven or so, and John Smith was a grown man. They had more of a brother and sister type of relationship. When Smith was captured and brought in to be executed Pocahontas threw herself over his head, preventing execution. Pocahontas being her father’s favorite daughter, was appealed to and John was escorted back to Jamestown shortly after and John Smith was referred to as a member of the tribe. There is a theory that “Smith misinterpreted its meaning not realizing it was a symbolic adoption ceremony of Smith into the world of the Powhatan people.”-(nps.gov, Bill Warder, 2009). Most historians and anthropologists still believe the Native Americans intent was to kill Smith. After this happened the relationship between the Indians and the Colonists began to smooth out and many good things began to happen because of Pocahontas. Pocahontas was not afraid of the white people, she made friends with John Smith and others. Pocahontas often ran messages back and forth for her father and the Colonists. She also accompanied Indian men who brought gifts of food to the food-deprived colonists. There was peace for a long time until the colonists became greedy, and demanded more and more food instead of learning how to grow it themselves. Soon the Indians were running out of food, and had no more to give. The colonists became angry and raided Indian villages, burning and plundering. Pocahontas stopped visiting Jamestown after that. And she didn’t return for a long time, and in the autumn of 1609 John Smith was shipped back to England with a gun wound, Pocahontas and the Powhatan were told he had died on the journey. Now in 1610 Pocahontas was of marrying age, even