By this time, Smith had returned to England. Pocahontas eased relations between Indians and colonists by marrying widower John Rolfe, the founder of English tobacco-growing in Virginia.

In common with so many natives exposed to Europeans in this period, she and her young son fell ill in England, possibly from tuberculosis. Soon after the Rolfes set sail for Virginia, Pocahontas ...

This engraving is the only known portrait of Pocahontas rendered from life. During her stay in England, Dutch engraver Simon van de Passe captured her likeness and recorded that she, like the ...

The only ‘real’ existing image of Pocahontas is an engraving by Simon van de Passe, done while she was in England, wearing English attire. While there’s basis in real fact, the story has ...

He was real, but not her boyfriend. He was part of a business called the Virginia Company who had travelled from England and set up shop nearby. Pocahontas was usually known as Matoaka, ...

To start, Pocahontas was just a nickname ... In 1616, the family, nicknamed the "Red Rolfes," returned to England, where she was something of a celebrity. When Matoaka and Rolfe tried to return ...

March 21 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1413, Henry V was crowned king of England. In 1617, Pocahontas died in England at about age 22. Three years earlier, she converted to Christianity ...