She falls in love with him, raising eyebrows. But a brewing battle between the natives, led by Chief Powhatan — Pocahontas’ father — and the settlers quickly threatens the romance.

Popular legend tells of Pocahontas imploring Chief Powhatan, her father, to spare the life of Captain John Smith, who was supposedly on a stone slab about to be beaten by many men with clubs.

arrowheads and other artifacts has led scientists to identify what they believe is the location of the village of the powerful American Indian chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. Researchers ...

The legend of Pocahontas has it that she risked her life to save Captain John Smith when her father, Chief Powhatan, seemed ready to have him beaten to death. But is this legend true? In this ...

The strong-willed woman goes against her father’s wishes and continues seeing Smith. When Chief Powhatan captures Smith and moves to execute him, Pocahontas saves him in the famous scene by ...

Adams still hopes that a statue of Pocahontas, with or without her father Chief Powhatan, can stand in the Capitol, but he would be pleased too if it stood “in a respectful place” somewhere in ...

Pocahontas is the daughter of Chief Powhatan, a leader of the Powhatan nation, and she wants nothing more than to sail in her canoe and explore the surrounding forests. Her father has promised her ...

the chief of the Powhatan people and Pocahontas's father, the English hatched a plan to kidnap his daughter. "It was written down that she was traded for a pot, a copper pot," DeLeary says.

A bronze statue of Pocahontas’ father, Chief Powhatan, will be outside Waterworks Visual Arts Center for the next year. Brad Dountz/Salisbury Post. SALISBURY — Now on display in the Cook ...