The film presents a fictional romantic affair between Pocahontas and John Smith, in which Pocahontas teaches Smith respect for nature. Irene Bedard voiced and provided the physical …

Nov 12, 2009 · According to Smith, the chief’s young daughter, Pocahontas, saved him from execution; historians have questioned his account. In any case, the Powhatan released Smith …

When the English arrived and settled Jamestown in May 1607, Pocahontas was about eleven years old. Pocahontas and her father would not meet any Englishmen until the winter of 1607, …

Smith’s first meeting with Chief Powhatan, the supreme leader in the Chesapeake region, was eventful, but historians have cast doubt on whether the captain’s life was really saved by …

Feb 20, 2024 · Years later, when few firsthand witnesses were around to dispute his version of events, an English colonist named John Smith wrote about how Pocahontas, the beautiful …

Feb 13, 2025 · An iconic figure in American history, Pocahontas is largely known for saving the life of the Jamestown colonist John Smith and then romancing him—although both events are …

Jul 2, 2025 · When John Smith met Pocahontas, she was 10 or 11 years old. Pocahontas did later marry a colonist, but the colonist was John Rolfe, not John Smith. Still, the origins and …

John Smith is the deuteragonist of Disney's 1995 animated feature film Pocahontas. He is a renowned English explorer that took part in Governor Ratcliffe's expedition to Virginia, where …

Dec 13, 2025 · Smith’s account of his rescue by Pocahontas in 1607 has been particularly controversial. Some scholars believe he might have misunderstood the event—that it could …

2 days ago · In 1607, during the precarious first year of England’s Jamestown experiment in North America, Captain John Smith later claimed that his life was spared through the intervention of …