Pocahontas Statue, Gravesend

[poliphilo]

No-one knows what killed Pocanhontas, but she must have been wide open to any infection that was going the rounds. She was taken ill shortly after boarding a ship bound for Virginia and died in the arms of her husband, John Rolfe. She was buried in the chancel of St George's Church at Gravesend- a place of honour befitting her status as a daughter of "King" Powhatan. She was in her early 20s.

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[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

Utterly fascinating. Pocahontas is an American folk hero. We all grow up knowing the name and a little bit of the story, but I had never heard as much of it as I did in your blog post this morning. Of course, there was a Disney movie, but I've never seen it. I have no idea how accurate it is. (I doubt any)

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

She was the subject of an interesting discussion on In Our Time quite recently.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched the Disney movie either but I gather it's a complete travesty.

I've been finding out about Pocahontas (by which I mean looking her up in wikipedia.) It was a brief but quite extraordinary life.