US History: Native Americans and the first settlements
When two large rocks
were brought in, the legend goes, Smith had a hunch his beheading was imminent. But Pocahontas
begged Powhatan not to kill the Englishman and, being her father's favorite, the chief obeyed his daughter
and spared Smith.
It is true that Pocahontas had acted as an ambassador for her people to the English. In the first years of the
colony, she served as a courier for traded goods and as a negotiator between the two sides. But by 1609
the Powhatans' relationship with the newcomers had soured, and soon war broke out. Finally, in 1613,
Pocahontas was kidnapped by the English and held at Jamestown.
While captive, Pocahontas studied English and converted to Christianity. Then, in 1614, she wed John
Rolfe, one of the first tobacco farmers, and the union brought a modicum of peace to tidewater Virginia.
Known as Lady Rebecca Rolfe, Pocahontas traveled with her husband and infant son, Thomas, to
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