The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith

'The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith' is a novel about Pocahontas, a Native American woman, belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribes in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia.


In a well-known historical anecdote, she is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John ...