epresentatives and other guests who had been invited to the ceremony by hearing the church bells. Her father had refused to attend the ceremony.In the spring of 1614, seven years after the English had first arrived in Jamestown, the struggle between the Powhatan and the colonists ceased. The marriage between Pocahontas and Rolfe did not bring about a day of mutual affection between Indians and Englishmen, and there were still isolated of violence. But the English had established their foothold in the New World and Chief Powhatan finally realized that he could not drive them away. Powhatan’s War had come to an end.Pocahontas, with her husband, child and escort were booked to return to Virginia sometime late in March 1617, on one of the three ships that were scheduled to sail from Gravesend. While she was waiting for the ship or perhaps soon after she boarded, Pocahontas became very ill, probably pneumonia or perhaps tuberculosis. Pocahontas died at the age of twenty, far from home in a foreign land. Her body was prepared for burial, and on March 21 1616 buried at an ancient church standing near the waters edge. Her death at Gravesend marked the beginning of her immortality. Pocahontas has been made the heroine of numerous stories; plays and poems that have made her seem more a figure of legend than one of history. Yet it is her true story that took place many years ago, that gives her enduring significance.Pocahontas was the daughter of the American Indian Chief Powhatan. Pocahontas, a young Powhatan Indian princess, affected a remarkable and significant relationship first with a small group of English settlers at Jamestown and later with the English rulers of the New World. She worked to maintain good relations between the Indians and early English colonists in America.Pocahontas emerged from a culture of dark superstitions. A culture of easy cruelty and primitive social accomplishments. Her father was a remarkable a...
