Pocahontas was the beatiful daughter of Powhatan a very important İndian chief in Virginia Usa. Her real name was Matoaka and she was brave and clever.
She tried hard to promote peace between her people and the English colonists who arrived in her country and settled there. Pocahontas managed to learn to speak English. She believed that the English could teach her people a lot of new things. One winter the english didn't have any food so she askedher father to givethem foof. But soon the Powhatans and the English started fighting again. During a fight the İndians arrested an English captain John Smith. Pocahontas saved his life. İn 1613 the colonists arrested her. Pocahontas stayed in prison for a year. She had such goog manners that the English liked her and so they didn't hurt her. İn April 1614 she married colonist John Rolfe. This helped end the war between the Powhatans and the English colonists. Unfortunately while she was in England with her husband and son Thomas visiting King James İ she got ill and died. She was only 22.