Jamestown

Pocohantas (1906) by William Ordway Partridge
Daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy, Pocohantas was important in keeping peace between the Native Americans and the English settlers who arrived at Jamestown in 1608. It is said that she saved the life of Captain John Smith, one of Jamestown's most important settlers.

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