Whilst relations between the colonists and #Powhatan were cordial at first, conflicts gave rise to the #AngloPowhatanWars from 1609 onwards. During this time, #Matoaka was kidnapped and put on board an English ship. But it was here she met the widowed tobacco trader, #JohnRolfe.
After being baptised, she was disowned by her people and set sail with #Rolfe for #England. There she was introduced at the court of #JamesVI and I, but died at the age of twenty-one in #Gravesend, #Kent.
My latest #poetry inspiration, is #Matoaka, born c. 1596 and also known to her native people as #Amonute. She was the daughter of #Powhatan, chief of one of the tribes of the #Tsenacommacah and is recorded by colonists in #Virginia as being fond of doing cartwheels in the marketplace as a child.
For this reason, she is known to the western world by her nickname '#Pocahontas', meaning 'playful one'.
Great podcast: "Stuff the British Stole" by Marc Fennell
A must-listen podcast.
I have just finished the latest episode, which is about the true story of Matoaka. You probably know her as Pocahontas from the Disney film.
http://www.marcfennell.com/stolen
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