Do you ever wonder how America survived, especially when the Jamestown colonists disrespected the Indians and the Indians retaliated right back? Who helped the two groups of people get along? Well Pocahontas was born in 1595 in Virginia, right around the time that the colonists came and built Jamestown. She was the daughter of the Indian Chief Powhatan and she spoke the Algonquian language. She was also one of the main people to help keep peace between the Jamestown settlers and the Indians because she was brave, kind, and treated everyone with equally and with respect. She cared well for the people in Jamestown and wanted to learn about them, she loved to be with the Jamestown settlers and a part of them, and she was well liked by the English.
She cared well for the people in Jamestown and wanted to learn about them. She learned some of their language, with help from Captain John Smith, so she could speak with them and communicate well. She taught Captain Smith some Algonquian language in return for teaching her English. One time, Captain Smith was captured by the Indians, they decided to execute him by smashing his head with a large type of mallet. Pocahontas saved his life by jumping in front of the Indian executor right …show more content…
John Rolfe, a tobacco planter at Jamestown, fell in love with Pocahontas. So they married eachother in 1614, even though she might of already married an Indian chief named Kocoum. She was baptized as a Christian in 1614 at the main church in Jamestown. When Pocahontas was baptized, she was also given a new Christian name, Rebecca. She lived near the James river on part of Powhatan’s land for two years with her husband, and she also had a son named Thomas during that time. In 1616 she was invited to England by the Virginia Company, and she accepted. So Pocahontas, John Rolfe, her son Thomas, her brother-in-law Tomoco, and several Indian girls sailed to
She cared well for the people in Jamestown and wanted to learn about them. She learned some of their language, with help from Captain John Smith, so she could speak with them and communicate well. She taught Captain Smith some Algonquian language in return for teaching her English. One time, Captain Smith was captured by the Indians, they decided to execute him by smashing his head with a large type of mallet. Pocahontas saved his life by jumping in front of the Indian executor right …show more content…
John Rolfe, a tobacco planter at Jamestown, fell in love with Pocahontas. So they married eachother in 1614, even though she might of already married an Indian chief named Kocoum. She was baptized as a Christian in 1614 at the main church in Jamestown. When Pocahontas was baptized, she was also given a new Christian name, Rebecca. She lived near the James river on part of Powhatan’s land for two years with her husband, and she also had a son named Thomas during that time. In 1616 she was invited to England by the Virginia Company, and she accepted. So Pocahontas, John Rolfe, her son Thomas, her brother-in-law Tomoco, and several Indian girls sailed to