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14 unusual facts about ''Pocahontas''


Indian Queens

It has also been suggested that the royal lady was Pocahontas (1595–1617), an American Indian who was the younger daughter of Powhatan, chief of the Indian tribes who lived along the Virginia coast.

Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas

It stars Elmer Fudd's prototype Egghead as Johnny Smith, a caricature of the colonist Captain John Smith, who arrives on the Mayflower to be met by some sarcastic Native Americans as he makes his escape with Poker-Huntas, a caricature of Pocahontas, and makes off to England with her to raise a family.

Moon Palace

Due to the fever he mistakes Kitty for an Indian and calls her Pocahontas.

Pocahontas School

Pocahontas School is a historic school building in Pocahontas, Tennessee, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Pocahontas, Iowa

Air transportation for Pocahontas is provided by Pocahontas Municipal Airport (FAA Identifier POH), located approximately 1 mile northeast of the city.

Princess of Peace

Pocahontas, a 17th-century Native American, as described in Pocahontas, a 1994 film

Richard Randolph

Through his marriage to Jane Bolling, his children were lineal descendants of Pocahontas.

St George's Church, Gravesend

John Rolfe's Native American wife, Rebecca (Pocahontas) was buried under the chancel of this church after her death on March 21, 1617.

The Englishman and the Girl

A small town's drama group is preparing for a Pocahontas-type play, when one of the member's English relatives suddenly arrives for a visit.

Tom Rolfe

His dam was Pocahontas, from whom he takes his name (the historical Pocahontas's only child was named Thomas).

Tuscumbia River

It flows through Alcorn County, then into McNairy County, Tennessee, where it is joined by a major tributary, Cypress Creek, and then flows into the Hatchie River, just before it reaches Hardeman County, near Pocahontas, Tennessee.

Virginia Ragsdale

Jamestown was raided by a native-American tribe in 1644 led by the uncle of Pocahontas, during which Godfrey and his wife were killed, but their infant son, Godfrey, Jr., survived.

Willoughby, Lincolnshire

There have been many fictional representations of their encounter and surrounding events, including the Disney animated film Pocahontas.

Wingville, Oregon

Wingville lies at the intersection of Wingville Lane and Old Wingville Road northwest of Baker City and west of Pocahontas.


Alina Eremia

She also worked for Disney Romania as a Voice actress, dubbing the singing voice of Pocahontas in Pocahontas (Romanian dubbing from 2008) and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (Romanian dubbing from 2009), and both speaking and singing voices of Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Belle's Magical World (Romanian dubbing from 2010).

Chief Powhatan

Prior to the wedding, Reverend Alexander Whitaker converted Pocahontas and renamed her "Rebecca" at her baptism.

Disney Princess Tea Party

#"If You Can Dream" - Cinderella, Princess Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Princess Jasmine, Pocahontas and Mulan (Susan Egan, Christie Hauser, Jodi Benson, Paige O'Hara, Lea Salonga, and Judy Kuhn)

Dowry

An example is found in the marriage of Virginia settler John Rolfe to Pocahontas, who brought a dowry to the marriage that included a large amount of land.

Ghita Nørby

She has additionally provided Danish voice to the following Disney animation films Pocahontas, Lady and the Tramp II, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Mulan, The Emperor's New Groove, and Mulan II.

Greenbrier River

It then ascended the River to the vicinity of Hillsboro and Droop Mountain and made its way through present Pocahontas County by way of future Marlinton, Indian Draft Run, and Edray.

Jane Rolfe

Jane Rolfe (October 10, 1650 – 1676) was the granddaughter of Pocahontas (Chief Powhatan's daughter) and the English colonist John Rolfe, (credited with introducing a strain of tobacco for export by the struggling Virginia Colony).

John Bolling

John and Mary Bolling's descendants are some of the only American descendants of Pocahontas, and include Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, wife of U. S. President Woodrow Wilson, Percival Lowell, Harry Flood Byrd and Richard Evelyn Byrd.

Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas

No actual romance ever existed between him and Pocahontas, who married John Rolfe.

Long Lost

Esperanza Diaz: former FLOW (Fabulous Ladies Of Wrestling) professional wrestler under the name Little Pocahontas; now she is vice-president of MB Reps and Myron's closest friend.

Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company

It is named after the Native American Princess Pocahontas who is buried at Gravesend, and it is operated by Freemen of the River Thames.

Passapatanzy, Virginia

It was recorded as a Patawomeck village ruled by Japazaws, elder brother of the weroance, who conspired with Englishman Samuel Argall to capture Chief Powhatan's daughter, Matoaka (Pocahontas) on April 13, 1613.

Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation

These buildings are Ashland (built 1835 in James City County, Virginia); Dower Quarter (built 1835, Henrico County, Virginia); Ladysmith (built 1857, Caroline County, Virginia); Duck Church (built 1917, Dare County, North Carolina); Pocahontas Tea House Outhouse (built ca. 1930, Henrico County) and Peace Hill Smokehouse (built ca. 1920, Charles City County, Virginia).

Powhatan Arrow

They were the pride of the N&W, pulling crack passenger trains such as the Cavalier, the Pocahontas, and the Powhatan Arrow, as well as ferrying the Southern Railway's Tennessean and Pelican between Monroe, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee.

St. Lawrence Boom and Lumber Company

Storage was needed for the millions of logs cut from Pocahontas and upper Greenbrier counties.

Stafford, Virginia

English sea captain, Samuel Argall abducted the Pamunkey princess, Pocahontas near this area on April 13, 1613 while she was residing with her Patawomeck husband, Kocoum in an attempt to secure some English prisoners for release and ammunitions held by her father.

The vicar, Alexander Whitaker converted Pocahontas to Christianity during her captivity.

Thomas B. Stanley

Anne was the daughter of John David Bassett (July 14, 1866 – February 26, 1965), a founder of Bassett Furniture, and Nancy Pocahontas Hundley (November 21, 1862 – January 11, 1953).

Victor Nehlig

An Episode of the War — The Cavalry Charge of Lt. Henry B. Hidden (1875), held in the collection of the New-York Historical Society's Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture, and Pocahontas Saving Capt. John Smith (1870), held in the collection of the Museum of Art BYU, are among his only paintings on public display.

Virginia State Route 895

Transurban, which owns and operates the CityLink tollway in Melbourne and the M2 Hills Motorway toll road in Sydney, said that it had agreed to acquire a 99-year concession on the Pocahontas Parkway for a total cost of $US611 million (A$815 million).

Woodrow, West Virginia

Woodrow, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County