Pocahontas
[poh-kuh-hon-tuh s]
- Rebecca Rolfe, 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
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Things were no better after Disney broadened the ethnic mix in 1995 with Pocahontas, the first hard-body princess.
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Pocahontas was a gay little hanger-on of the camps,––not like this silent owl!
The Treasure TrailMarah Ellis Ryan
From his rustic throne in the Council Hall he sent for Pocahontas.
Ten American Girls From HistoryKate Dickinson Sweetser
Pocahontas, their little sister, going to marry an Englishman!
Ten American Girls From HistoryKate Dickinson Sweetser
"Your daughter Pocahontas has been taken captive by the Englishmen," he said.
Ten American Girls From HistoryKate Dickinson Sweetser
This hideous creature smirking in my face was my Pocahontas.
The Blunders of a Bashful ManMetta Victoria Fuller Victor
Pocahontas
- original name Matoaka; married name Rebecca Rolfe. ?1595–1617, American Indian, who allegedly saved the colonist Captain John Smith from being killed
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Word Origin and History for pocahontas
Pocahontas
(c.1595-1617), daughter of Algonquian leader Powhatan, the name is said to be Algonquian Pokachantesu "she is playful."
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Pocahontas
[(poh-kuh-hon-tuhs)]
A Native American princess of the seventeenth century who befriended Captain John Smith of Virginia. She is said to have thrown herself upon him to prevent his execution by her father, Powhatan. She later married one of the Virginian settlers and traveled to England with him.
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