While John Smith was nearly 30 when he arrived in the New World, Pocahontas was probably only around 10. And if that fact makes you feel like the film’s love ballad, “If I Never Knew You ...

The story about Pocahontas’ rescue of John Smith is steeped in legend, so it’s not surprising that Disney chose to do its own version. Some historians question the truth of the rescue story ...

John Smith's Bold Endeavor. In Disney's recent version of the Pocahontas story, as in countless iterations before it, John Smith appears as a dashing romantic hero, smitten by the Indian "princess." ...

While historians have long dug into the life of Pocahontas, the 1995 Disney animated ... She never got the opportunity to reconnect with her family ... Is the story of John Smith and Pocahontas ...

Pocahontas and Capt. Smith--A Romance Rudely Dispelled. Share full article. Jan. 19, 1867. ... finds a fresh illustration in the famous story of POCAHONTAS saving the life of Capt. JOHN SMITH, ...