f 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....
