Pocahontas

Good news and Bad news:|

Good news is that she really did exist.  Born around 1595/died 1617.  She really was the daughter of a chief.  She really did save John Smith's life; not once, but twice.  She was a liaison between the Powhatan indians and the British.  John Smith really was a hero of the new world.  The problem is that Pocahontis did not marry John Smith.  She married John Rolfe.  Through their one son, Thomas, they had several famous decendents including first lady, Edith Wilson (wife of President, Woodrow Wilson) who claimed 9th generation, Admiral Richard Byrd, and non-direct decendent, first lady Nancy Reagan.

Pocahontas was romatancized by Disney films (top picture) who had her married to John Smith; but only one real picture of her was done while she was alive (bottom picture).

She is buried at Gravesend, Kent in England.  John Rolfe later returned to Virginia and remarried.