Pocahontas real life biography of bo burnham

While many may know this historical figure as Pocahontas, to family and those around her, she was known by different names. In reality, John Smith came to her town when she was only 9 or 10 years old, while he was 27 years old. In fact, John Smith was feared by many Indigenous children in the area he was in, and was known to enter villages and hold various chiefs of tribes at gunpoint, demanding food and supplies.

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When English colonizers arrived in Werowocomoco, they began targeting women and young children, and began sexually assaulting Indigenous girls. When she was only 15 or 16, the threat of possible kidnapping increased. Sadly, Matoaka ended up being kidnapped and was forced to give up her first child. Her husband, Kocoum, whom she had only been married to recently before, was killed by those who kidnapped her.

An English colonist, Captain Samuel Argall sought to find her, thinking that a captured daughter of the chief would prevent attacks from certain Indigenous tribes. Argall threatened the chief that if he didn't relent, he would attack the village. He also told the chief that Pocahontas would only be gone temporarily.

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This was a promise he quickly broke. The disregard white colonists had for Indigenous peoples was shown when Argall, prior to leaving , gave the chief a pot made of copper, and claimed he traded it for Pocahontas. This essentially meant he equated the value of her life and freedom to that of a copper pot. Prior to leaving her village, Pocahontas had to give her baby known as little Kocoum to the women of the village.

Upon being kidnapped, Pocahontas was brought to England. During this time, she was allegedly raped and abused by her English captors.