People are only just learning a Disney villain was based on a real person - and died one of the most horrific deaths ever.

Though we know that the real-life Pocahontas had a relationship with Smith, these events have been debated, which makes the film only loosely based on the actual story. The actual Pocahontas was ...

Matoaka: Where the Myth of Pocahontas Dies and the Truth Is Revealed DENVER, CO, UNITED STATES, April 2, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- Honour Fil ...

In Disney’s cartoon version of the story (and elsewhere), Pocahontas is shown to be involved romantically with an Englishman called Captain John Smith. He was real, but not her boyfriend.

In 1995, Disney introduced children everywhere to a Native American princess married 400 years ago today - Pocahontas. The plot goes that Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter of Chief Powhatan ...