Pocahontas

(pō′kə hän′təs)

1595?-1617; North American Indian princess: reputed to have saved Captain John Smith from execution: daughter of Powhatan

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Powhatan princess who befriended the English colonists at Jamestown and is said to have saved Capt. John Smith from execution by her people.

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