The first occasion on which Smith mentions his rescue by Pocahontas is the occasion of her arrival in London, in 1616, as the wife of John Rolfe. In an eloquent letter to King James’s queen ...

Four hundred years ago, Pocahontas arrived in England with her husband John Rolfe. Bold, vivacious and smart, her story has become mythologised, not least the supposed romance that developed between ...

The English colonists, including John Smith, had built a new settlement called ... to Christianity by her captors and then married John Rolfe. He had agonised over marrying a ‘heathen ...

While archaeological evidence does suggest Smith was in the area where he claimed his execution was supposed to take place, it is unknown whether Pocahontas ever truly saved his life. Seven years ...