Pocahontas

Men of lower standards wore just breechcloths covering their "privities"; it was usually made of rabbit skins or beaver skins. Pocahontas was born into the Powhatan tribes in either 1596 or 1597 historians aren't exactly sure when she was born. Her place of birth is to be Werowocomoco, Powhatan's principal residence until 1609. Powhatan had many wives and historians aren't sure of Pocahontas's real mother, her whereabouts and name is unknown. Pocahontas had two names given to her at birth. Pocahontas, the name given to her by her father, was translated by English to mean " Bright Stream Between Two Hills" but in her own language it meant "Little Wanton". Her secret name only known by her tribesmen was Matoax meaning "Little Snow Feather". (Woodward, 20) During The first days of Jamestown, Pocahontas started to watch and observed the new strangers in her land. She starts to see how they ran life and govern themselves. Pocahontas was still very young when the first settles land at Jamestown. When she starting visiting the colony there were only about 100 Englishmen, the Anglican chaplain, and the twelve labors. Pocahontas was mostly intrigue with Captain John Smith. Smith was a dashing young 26-year-old. Captain Newport arrested Smith on route to Jamestown for inciting mutiny among some of the crewmen on the ship Susan Constant. Smith was released after landing at Jamestown but Smith could not take the oath of allegiance to King James or sit with the council until June 10, when he was cleared of all charges. (Woodward, 55) John Smith, to Pocahontas, was the most approachable of all the English colonists. He took the initiative to learn the Powhatan language and try to communicate between the Indians and the colonists. Smith also knew that the Indians could help the colonists in their time of need. Pocahontas's father was a little less interested in talking t the white man. He felt that they would bring destruction to his great empire and his region.