It tells the love story of Captain John Smith and the daughter of the Chief of Powhatan Indians. The story looked different in real life, however, and stories about Pocahontas told by John Smith have been contested.
For instance, the movie claim Pocahontas saved Smith’s life, but there is no evidence backing this theory. Historians claim there may have been a situation when Smith, while visiting the Powhatans to gather more food supplies for the colony, was offered to undergo an initiation into the tribe. If that was the case, and it had involved him being tied up, Pocahontas, as a daughter of the Chief would most definitely know Smith’s life was not in any danger.
