Pocahontas, by phone
I remember reading about Pocahontas at school in Detroit, 1968/9. Hers is an interesting story, so much as we know the truth about it: she wasn't, for example, a Princess, although efforts may have been made to give her equivalent status.
She was the daughter of the chief of the Powhatan people, Wahunsenacawh, associated with the Jamestown colony. She was baptized a Christian, as Rebecca, and married a settler/tobacco planter John Rolfe. She and her husband traveled to England in 1616 to promote the colony and Pocahontas, as Rebecca Rolfe, a celebrity, was presented to "society". She and her husband and son lived in Brentford for some time, before beginning the journey to return to Jamestown in 1617. Pocahontas was taken ill and disembarked from her ship at Gravesend, where she died. She would have been 21 or so, her exact age being unknown.
It's not known where she was buried or remains: I got to know one of Gravesend's historians and he was certain her resting place was further inland. No one knows.
The statue here is a replica of one in Jamestown, from 1907 and is often visited by visitors from the USA.
Pocahontas, by phone
I remember reading about Pocahontas at school in Detroit, 1968/9. Hers is an interesting story, so much as we know the truth about it: she wasn't, for example, a Princess, although efforts may have been made to give her equivalent status.
She was the daughter of the chief of the Powhatan people, Wahunsenacawh, associated with the Jamestown colony. She was baptized a Christian, as Rebecca, and married a settler/tobacco planter John Rolfe. She and her husband traveled to England in 1616 to promote the colony and Pocahontas, as Rebecca Rolfe, a celebrity, was presented to "society". She and her husband and son lived in Brentford for some time, before beginning the journey to return to Jamestown in 1617. Pocahontas was taken ill and disembarked from her ship at Gravesend, where she died. She would have been 21 or so, her exact age being unknown.
It's not known where she was buried or remains: I got to know one of Gravesend's historians and he was certain her resting place was further inland. No one knows.
The statue here is a replica of one in Jamestown, from 1907 and is often visited by visitors from the USA.