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生于:
1596年
(实际日期不详)
死于:
1617年3月(实际日期不详)
波卡洪塔斯 (Pocahontas) 是波瓦坦 (Powhatan) 之女，波瓦坦是住在维吉尼亚州的亚尔冈京印地安人 (Algonquian
Indians：即波瓦坦人)的一位重要酋长。她的真名是「Matoaka」，而波卡洪塔斯是她的绰号，意为「爱嬉戏的」或「调皮的」。 波卡洪塔斯最着名的事为传闻她救了英国上尉史密斯 (John
Smith) 的生命。她的一生短暂(死于22岁)，但她在其他方面却影响深远。波卡洪塔斯试着要促进波瓦坦人及英国殖民间的和平；她甚至改信基督教及嫁给一位詹姆士镇的移民罗尔夫 (John
Rolfe) ，一段有助于两边人民融合的婚姻。她在英国的早逝损害了维吉尼亚州内，亚尔冈京人及殖民之间的永续和平机会。
Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, an important chief of the Algonquian Indians (the Powhatans) who lived in the Virginia region. Her real name was "Matoaka." "Pocahontas" was a nickname meaning "playful" or "mischievous one." Pocahontas is most famous for reportedly saving the life of English Captain John Smith. Throughout her short life (she died at the age of 22), however, she was important in other ways as well. Pocahontas tried to promote peace between the Powhatans and the English colonists. She even converted to Christianity and married John Rolfe, a Jamestown colonist, a union which helped bring the two groups together. Her untimely death in England hurt the chance for continued peace in Virginia between the Algonquians and the colonists.
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