Her original and correct name was Matoaka. The word had many meanings, "the naughty one" or "you spoiled child” and even misunderstood when translated as "little wanton." Which is a short Indian way of saying, "child whom you can never find because she's out playing somewhere!" The irony is that she led an incredible life, short as it was. So do the books that our children read in school.
Pocahontas husband movie#
In 1995, the Disney Company released an animated (cartoon) movie about a young Powhatan Indian woman known as "Pocahontas." The film badly distorts history. There was a young daughter of a powerful chief with that name, Pocahontas, and that is fact. "We thought, this has got to be the place.” “We were blown away," one of the archaeologists said. Of course she had no idea of the ages of her prized trinkets. Bob Ripley pointed out his wife's collection of unbroken Indian items, which turned out to be more than 400 years old. What occurred began when local resident Lynn Ripley, who has a house full of various artifacts from her farm in Gloucester County, alerted archaeologists working nearby. They identified the location of the village as the primary residence of a once powerful American Indian, Chief Powhatan in Virginia, the father of Pocahontas. Do we ever dig up nothing? Some archaeologists have expressed their joy in finding another missing piece of the past puzzles. It is called Virginia but it was once Werowocomoco. Once more we have taken some soil, rocks and other dated debris and found it came with a name. "Virginia archaeologists say they may have found site of Werowocomoco, village that was home to legendary Algonquin Indian princess Pocahontas and father Powhatan, whose chiefdom encompassed much of coastal Virginia in early 17th century."- New York Times, May 7, 2003
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