The challenges of limited primary sources in our understanding of what happened to Pocahontas is that we must rely on a second-hand account of her history. The issues with a second-hand account of Pocahontas’ history is that information may be lost, misconstrued, or even omitted. Although, John Smith was there he can only relay the events from his prospective. We are left to speculate Pocahontas prospective. Having more primary sources from for Pocahontas would help develop a deeper understanding of who she really was, how she felt about to colonists, what her motivation was marring John Rolfe, and whether she truly saved John Smith. While in some respects Pocahontas may be seen as a victim it is clear, regardless of her feeling or motives,
