It is often the case with folktales

It is often the case with folktales that they develop from actual happenings but in their development lose much of their factual base; the story of Pocahontas quite possibly fits into this category of folktale. This princess of the Powhatan tribe was firmly established in the lore
of early
America and has been made even more famous by the Disney film based on the folktale that arose from
her life. She was a real-life person, but the actual story of her life most probably differed considerably
from the folktale and the movie based on the folktale.
Powhatan, the chief of a confederacy of tribes in Virginia, had several daughters, none of whom
was actually named Pocahontas. The nickname means “playful one,” and several of Powhatan’s
daughters were called Pocahontas. The daughter of Powhatan who became the subject of the folktale
was named Matoaka. What has been verified
about Matoaka, or Pocahontas as she has come to be
known, is that she did marry an Englishman and that she did spend time in England before she died
there at a young age. In the spring of 1613, a young Pocahontas was captured by the English and taken
to Jamestown. There she was treated with courtesy
as the daughter of chief Powhatan. While
Pocahontas was at Jamestown, English gentleman John Rolfe fell in love with her and asked her to
marry. Both the governor of the Jamestown colony and Pocahontas’s father Powhatan approved the
marriage as a means of securing
peace between Powhatan’s tribe and the English at Jamestown. In1616, Pocahontas accompanied her new husband to England, where she was royally received. Shortly
before her planned return to Virginia in 1617, she contracted
an illness and died rather suddenly.
A major part of the folktale of Pocahontas that is unverified concerns her love for English
Captain John Smith in the period of time before her capture by the British and her rescue of him from
almost certain death. Captain John Smith was indeed at the colony of Jamestown and was acquainted
with Powhatan and his daughters; he even described meeting them in a 1612 journal. However, the
story of his rescue by the young maiden did not appear in his writings until 1624, well after Pocahontas
had aroused widespread interest in England by her marriage to an English gentleman and her visit to
England. It is this discrepancy
in dates that has caused some historians to doubt the veracity
of the
tale. However, other historians do argue quite persuasively that this incident did truly take place.

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It is often the case with folktales that they develop from actual happenings but in their development lose much of their factual base; the story of Pocahontas quite possibly fits into this category of folktale. This princess of the Powhatan tribe was firmly established in the lore of earlyAmerica and has been made even more famous by the Disney film based on the folktale that arose fromher life. She was a real-life person, but the actual story of her life most probably differed considerablyfrom the folktale and the movie based on the folktale.Powhatan, the chief of a confederacy of tribes in Virginia, had several daughters, none of whomwas actually named Pocahontas. The nickname means “playful one,” and several of Powhatan’sdaughters were called Pocahontas. The daughter of Powhatan who became the subject of the folktalewas named Matoaka. What has been verified about Matoaka, or Pocahontas as she has come to beknown, is that she did marry an Englishman and that she did spend time in England before she diedthere at a young age. In the spring of 1613, a young Pocahontas was captured by the English and takento Jamestown. There she was treated with courtesy as the daughter of chief Powhatan. WhilePocahontas was at Jamestown, English gentleman John Rolfe fell in love with her and asked her tomarry. Both the governor of the Jamestown colony and Pocahontas’s father Powhatan approved thecuộc hôn nhân như là một phương tiện bảo vệ hòa bình giữa Powhatan của bộ lạc và tiếng Anh tại Jamestown. In1616, Pocahontas cùng chồng mới về Anh, nơi nó được royally nhận được. Một thời gian ngắntrước khi quay trở lại kế hoạch Virginia năm 1617, cô ký hợp đồng một căn bệnh và chết khá bất ngờ.Một phần quan trọng của folktale Pocahontas đó là chưa được xác minh liên quan đến tình yêu của mình cho tiếng AnhThuyền trưởng John Smith trong khoảng thời gian trước khi bị chiếm giữ bởi người Anh và cô cứu hộ của anh ta từgần cái chết nhất định. Thuyền trưởng John Smith đã thực sự tại các thuộc địa của Jamestown và được làm quenPowhatan và con gái của ông; Ông thậm chí mô tả gặp họ trong một tạp chí 1612. Tuy nhiên, cáccâu chuyện của mình cứu hộ bởi người thiếu nữ trẻ đã không xuất hiện trong các tác phẩm của mình cho tới năm 1624, cũng sau khi Pocahontasđã đánh thức sự quan tâm phổ biến rộng rãi trong Anh bởi cuộc hôn nhân với một người đàn ông Anh và chuyến thăm của bà đểAnh. Nó là sự khác biệt này trong ngày đó đã gây ra một số sử gia nghi ngờ tính chính xác của cáccâu chuyện. Tuy nhiên, các nhà sử học tranh luận khá persuasively rằng sự cố này đã thực sự diễn ra.