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Pocahontas Chronology

c.1595 Matoaka (later called Pocahontas) born in what is now eastern Virginia to Powhatan, leader of the Powhatan Confederacy,. 26 April 1607 First group of English settlers to arrive in Virginia drop anchor off the shore of Chesapeake Bay. 14 May 1607 English settlers found the colony of Jamestown at the confluence of the James and Chickahiminy rivers. May/Dec. 1607 Pocahontas visits Jamestown several times; meets Captain John Smith, whom she tutors in the Powhatan's language. December 1607 Smith is captured by Powhatan warriors and taken to the village of Werowocomoco to meet Powhatan; Pocahontas "saves" Smith during what was probably a mock execution, staged as part of a ceremony intended to adopt the Englishman into the Powhatan tribes. Jan/Feb. 1608 Pocahontas sends Indian messengers to Jamestown with food for the struggling colonists. Jan 1609 Powhatan orders Smith's death; Pocahontas warns Smith of her father's decree, allowing him to escape from the assassins. 1 Oct. 1609 Smith leaves Jamestown and sails for England. Autumn 1609 Powhatan orders the massacre of 60 settlers visiting Werowocomoco; Pocahontas goes to live with the Patawomeke tribe. Spring 1613 Pocahontas is kidnapped by Captain Samuel Argall, who takes her to Jamestown as an English prisoner. 1613-1614 She receives instruction in the tenets of Christianity and is baptised by Protestant minister Alexander Whitaker. 5 April 1614 Pocahontas marries colonist John Rolfe. 1615 She gives birth to a son, Thomas. Spring 1616 She sails to London as part of fund-raising efforts for a Christian school for English and Indian children. March 1617 Pocahontas dies in Gravesend, England, possibly from a respiratory ailment. (Taken from "Pocahontas Powhatan Peacemaker" by Anne Holler, Chelsea House Publishers)

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