Then, why is she often considered a traitor? Did she really betray her people for love? Townsend explains that many have treated the story in a superficial way, without properly analyzing the evidence. Naturally, this version of the story has never been loved by Native Americans, since they find it unrealistic and vicious. They loved the story of a Native American woman who worshiped white culture so much that she was willing to risk her life to save a settler. According to historian Camilla Townsend, this is precisely what has made her such a popular icon among American people, who in the early eighteenth century made her one of the favorite nationalist symbols. Naturally, the Queen loved the story of the "exotic" girl willing to give her life to save the English explorer and soon became a legend. When he published his Generall Historie of Virginie he expanded his version by adding that they intended to beat his head with stones and clubs, but Pocahontas had embraced him, covering his body. He told the story of how this brave and beautiful girl saved his life by putting herself between Smith and her father when he was about to be executed. Smith asked the queen for permission to bring Pocahontas to England in a diplomatic visit and told her the story of how they met, which is now stuck in our collective imagination.
She was first mentioned in a letter he wrote to Queen Anne in 1616. However, his capture wasn’t as terrible as one would imagine, and in his letter, he claims that they shared a huge meal however, he never mentioned the chief’s daughter for about eight years. He started exploring the land, but in one of his expeditions, he was captured by the Powhatan tribe commanded by chief Wahunsenacawh. The story says John Smith arrived in the New World in 1607, among a group of a hundred settlers. Now, how did this cliché story line come to represent the life of this particular woman? No, for the first time Disney isn’t guilty of this mythification we have to thank John Smith himself for appropriating the story and making himself its protagonist in his Generall Historie of Virginie (1624). So, what do they have in common and why is this story so similar to the Pocahontas tale we all know and love? Turns out that this was an old motif found in so many poems and ballads at the time that everyone was familiar with it. However, this is actually an old Scottish ballad called Young Beichan. Sounds familiar? Well, based on the title of the article and the story, you'd say that we’re narrating the story of Pocahontas and John Smith. She arrived on the day of the wedding, and the moment the young man clasped eyes on her, he abandoned his engagement and pledged his love to the princess. She escaped from the village and went in pursuit of the love of her life. In return for saving his life, he went back home and got engaged to a noble woman, but the princess upon hearing the news didn't give up so easily. The woman was no other than the king’s daughter and princess of the tribe, who had come to save him because she had fallen in love with him. However, in the middle of the night, the young explorer saw a beautiful woman approaching him he was perplexed by her beauty, so much so that he thought he was dreaming. After a trial, he was sentenced to death and sent to an underground prison to await for his inevitable doom. Once upon a time in a faraway land, a young and brave explorer was captured by a group of natives who felt threatened by him.
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