There is no denying that Captain John Smith led an extraordinary life. From humble beginnings on a farm to life as a soldier ...

Silverman: If John Smith's account, written in the 1620s, can be believed, Pocahontas was at the center of her father's decision to spare his life and then to set him up as a cultural broker ...

The real-life John Smith was documented as one of the settlers to Virginia who was befriended by Pocahontas. She reportedly ...

In Disney’s cartoon version of the story (and elsewhere), Pocahontas is shown to be involved romantically with an Englishman called Captain John Smith. He was real, but not her boyfriend.

Pocahontas is the most myth-encrusted figure in early America, a romantic “princess” who saves John Smith and the struggling ... brief and ultimately tragic life. The startling artwork ...

According to legend, Pocahontas threw herself between the leader of the Jamestown colony, John Smith, and a warrior's club to save him. But experts have some doubts about whether she was even present.