In the Walt Disney movie, Pocahontas and John Smith were both young adults when they first met. Pocahontas was very alethic, and wore a one-strapped leather short dress and she had a tattoo on her arm. John Smith was a tall, handsome, clean shaved man that wore tight pants, chest armor, and a helmet. In reality, Pocahontas was an eleven year old girl when she first met the twenty-eight year old John Smith. John Smith was actually shorter than his Disney character made him out to be. He wore puffy pants and had a full beard.
Pocahontas was allowed to wear clothing when she turned twelve. In the winter she would wear a mantle made of feathers, and in the summer she began wearing a leather dress, with or without one shoulder strap. Powhatan Indian dresses were often decorated with pictures of animals and they probably had tattoos. (Ancestory. com, 2007) The original colonists arrived at Jamestown on three ships: The Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery. In the movie the colonist, including John Smith, came to Jamestown on The Susan Constant and the other two ships were not present.
During the Voyage of 1607, John Smith was not the captain of the ship; Captain Newport was the admiral and fleet commander. In the movie, the governor of the English Colony was Ratcliffe, and he was in charge during the voyage; however, the colony did not have a governor for the first couple of years, but had a council with a president. John Smith was not elected president of Jamestown Virginia until 1608. (Morenus, 2012) In the Disney movie, when John Smith first arrived in Jamestown, he didn’t waste any time. He started scouting around and began drawing maps immediately.
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It can be easily assumed that almost everyone has heard the tale of the American Indian princess, Pocahontas the narrative of a mysterious young girl who rescues an English explorer from death only to fall in love and win his affections in return. It is one that is quite popular and has even been developed into an animated movie by Walt Disney Pictures. Regardless of which version they may have ...
He met Pocahontas by almost shooting her by a water fall, and later they fell in love. He was captured later in the movie while venturing out alone at night to meet Pocahontas. John Smith was going to be executed on top of a rock at dawn, in front of an army of colonists who planned to rescue him. In reality, John smith was arrested and chained in irons during the voyage over, and he was released a month after arriving to Jamestown, Virginia. After he was set free, he did a lot of exploring and trading with the Indians. John Smith mapped most of the Jamestown area.
He was eventually captured while seeking food along the Chickahominy River. John Smith was brought to Chief Powhatan and was sentenced to be executed. This is when he actually met Matoaka, the real name of Pocahontas, and she rescued him from execution. Matoake was the oldest daughter of Chief Powhatan. John Smith became good friends with Matoake, and eventually Chief Powhatan adopted Smith as his son. (Squidoo, Inc. , 2012) According to history, despite the fact that Pocahontas is most famous for saving the life of John Smith, she never marries him.
Smith returns to find the situation at the fort desperate. They are running out of food and only 38 of the original 105 Colonists are alive. Smith was accused of causing the deaths of his men. He was overthrown from his position and almost condemned to hang. Lucky a ship arrived at Newport carrying food and 60 new settlers for the colony. Smith was injured by a gun fire accident and sent back to London England in 1609. (Morenus, 2012) Contrary to the movie, Pocahontas was caught and held hostage in Jamestown in 1613.
She then met and fell in love with colonist John Rolfe, a successful tobacco platter and Christian. Pocahontas was renamed Lady Rebecca, and became a Christian. She later married John Rolfe in April 1614. Peace was made with the Powhatan Indians beginning with the marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe. Their son, Thomas Rolfe, was born in 1615. In 1616, the Rolfe family, several other Indians, and colonists were sent on a promotional English tour by the Virginia Company. Pocahontas was treated like royalty in England and attended lavish balls.
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Pocahontas became deathly ill and died in England on March 17, 1617 when she was only twenty-two years old. She was buried at the Church of Gravesend. (Ancestory. com, 2007) In the movie Pocahontas you can compare and contrast many realistic events just as they are recorded in history. Pocahontas was a very independent young girl. The Susan Constant was one out of the three ships that arrived at Jamestown. Pocahontas is known best for saving John Smith’s life from her father. The movie also had many nonfictional events; such as, Pocahontas and John Smith falling in love and getting married.
