GRAVESEND, England -- Pocahontas, the Indian princess who helped the English colonists in Jamestown, Virginia, is buried in this riverside town east of London. She died here in 1617 while trying to ...
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On March 21, 1617, a 21-year-old woman from Virginia’s Pamunkey tribe died at Gravesend, England. She went by many names—Matoaka, Amonute, and, at her passing, Rebecca—but she’s best remembered today ...