Pocahontas was a real person from this tribe and did marry an Englishman, but not John Smith. Disney may have gotten a lot of information wrong in their animated classic, but at least Pocahontas became a household name. We overheard a middle-aged man stare at the Pocahontas statue and ask his wife "Who is that?" Neither of us could imagine not knowing something about Pocahontas.
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