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historians don't know pocahontas's exact birthday, but they think it is around the year 1595.
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English ships from the Virginia company set sail for the new world.
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john smith was captured by the powhatan tribe (pocahontas's village) and was going to be killed, but pocahontas saved him by puting her head over his and telling them to stop.
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after staying in Puerto Rico for some time, they left and headed for the american mainland.
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the ships finally made landfall on the mainland, but they quickly realized they needed a more secure location, so they began searching for a more acceptable settlement.
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a site was chosen for habitation by captain Edward maria wingfield, and were greeted happily by the local native american tribes.
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the first supply ships arrived at the English colony, which also brought more settlers to a place that already had not enough food to feed the other settlers.
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john smith was injured in an explosion, so he had to leave. they told pocahontas he was dead, and she stopped visiting the settlement because she was so sad.
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the settlers and the indians had many conflicts. the tention bubbled over into a small war in the late summer of 1609.
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these years marked a period known as "the starving time", during which only 61 of the original 500 settlers survived.
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another supply ship, bringing about about 500 new settlers, became endangered at sea during a hurricane. most of the supplies were lost, but the survivors of the hurricane were stranded in Bermuda.
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the great powhatan refused to meet demands set by the settler, and pocahontas was kept in the Englishmens care.
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during one of many feuds between the settlers and Indians, Pocahontas was tricked and captured. the settlers held her in captivity, claiming to want some of their weapons and men released.
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after being held captive for a whole year, Pocahontas confronted her father. she was angry that he refused to make the necessary trades to bring her home, so she decided to stay with the Englishmen permanently.
