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Aside from evident variations of the film, such as communication and language, there are others including how Pocahontas and John Smith meet, which they do. In the beginning of the movie, Pocahontas is an independent, inquisitive woman who staggers upon the English settlement. As a result, Smith notices her and assures her that he will do no harm. The two immediately fall in love; it is a great plot for a movie but it is not how they met at all according to Philip L. Barbour’s book Pocahontas and Her World.

Historically, Smith was the one who was adventuring, not Pocahontas (as Disney shows us). Smith was led into the chief’s hut as a captive by the Native Americans, and inside he witnessed the chief, Pocahontas’s father, lying in comfort surrounded by women he thought to be the chief

The Disney Movie, "Pocahontas", is accurate in some respects. It captures the spirit of the woman Pocahontas and her people, and the spirit of the early days of Jamestown. The settings are accurate: both James Fort and Powhatan village are portrayed authentically, according to current historical and archaeological knowledge (except that there was no bluff overlooking James Fort). John Ratcliffe was indeed in charge of the colony when John Smith was captured and released by Powhatan. And last but not least, John Smith wrote that he was saved from execution by Powhatan, when Pocahontas threw herself between Smith's head and her father's stone club. There are other accurate details in the movie but the facts mentioned above are the main accurate information.

’s wives. While in the hut; Smith was treated well and was given food and drinks. After some dialogue among the elders, two big stones were brought in, and Smith was forcibly extended out on them. The executioners stood over him with clubs ready to beat Smith’s brains out… Suddenly, a little girl rushed from the chief’s side and put her head over Smith. The executioners released their captive, and the little girl pulled him to his feet. That, as described by Barbour is how Captain John Smith and Pocahontas met for the first time.

As for the governing system the settlers brought from England, there is some false misleading information that Disney has presented. Ratcliffe was not in charge of the ships on the way over, he was not in charge of the colony at first, and he was never Governor. Ratcliffe was the second President of the colony, elected after President Wingfield was arrested and deposed. Admiral Newport was in cha

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