The tale of Capt. John Smith’s rescue by Pocahontas in December 1607 is based entirely on two references in Smith’s 1624 book, which describes the girl cradling his head and begging her father, ...

2006-10-15 04:00:00 PDT Jamestown, Va.-- If history were fair, I was thinking as I left Jamestown, Va., last month, Pocahontas would be on Mount Rushmore, and so would John Smith. They deserved it.

When I was in third grade, I recall being introduced to Pocahontas, John Smith and their love story in the English settlement of Jamestown, Va., in the early 1600s. Since most of you have had that ...

The names of John Smith and Pocahontas are more intertwined than perhaps any others in U.S. history. The story of the English captain saved by a love-struck Indian princess has been told and retold, ...

Movie"A white man and an Indian Princess! They dared a nation's vengeance and the red man's savagery... to live the greatest love story of them all!" With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith ...

Pocahontas is a young princess constantly searching for adventure, and brings her friends along! She finds one of her most unexpected adventures in a stranger, John Smith. On the Disney Magic of ...

Prologue -- The crossing -- Have great care not to offend -- Wingfield -- The rescue -- Gilded dirt -- Powhatan becomes an English prince -- Pocahontas saves John Smith again -- The starving time -- ...