Pocahontas (translated at the time as “little wanton” or “mischievous one”).
Her father was Wahunsenacah, chief of the Powhatan empire, which consisted of some 28 tribes of the Tidewater region.
"Matoaka" - was her Indian name
"Rebecca" - is her christian name
She died March 1617 of illness while aboard ship a few miles East of London. She was bout 21 years old at this time
"....A Powhatan Indian woman who fostered peace between English colonists and Native Americans by befriending the settlers at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia and eventually marrying one of them."
Pocahontas
