What's in a Name?
Pocahontas’s real name before she was given a nickname meaning "the naughty one".
What is Matoaka?
John Smith’s fellow colonists didn't see him as a hero; instead, they described him as this type of "ambitious" soldier.
What is a mercenary?
Chief Roy Crazy Horse uses this four-letter word to describe Smith’s rescue story, meaning an implausible tall tale.
What is a "yarn"?
This company used Pocahontas as a tool in their propaganda campaign to get support for the colony.
What is the Virginia Company of London?
This word means "rejected with disdain or contempt," used to describe Disney’s response to the Powhatan.
What is spurned?
After marrying John Rolfe and moving to England, Pocahontas was known by this English name.
Who is Rebecca Rolfe?
In the Jamestown incident, Smith sent these two items to a prisoner in the dungeon to show "pity".
What are victuals (food) and charcoal?
In an original account of his winter with the Powhatan, Smith described being treated not as a victim, but as this.
What is an honored guest?
Chief Roy Crazy Horse uses this first-person plural pronoun to establish the collective credibility of his people.
What is "We"?
This archaic word used in the History of Virginia refers to food or provisions.
What is victual?
The nickname given to the descendants of Pocahontas and John Rolfe.
Who are the "Red Rolfes"?
Chief Roy Crazy Horse points out that Smith waited this many years after the event to first tell the story of his rescue.
What is 17 years?
According to the Powhatan Nation, Smith’s "rescue" story was used as a moral justification for this English action.
What is waging war against the Powhatan people?
The Powhatan Nation claims that Disney’s film does this to history "beyond recognition".
What is "distorts"?
This word describes the prisoner being "miserably or sadly" burnt by the charcoal smoke.
What is piteously?
According to Chief Roy Crazy Horse, the nickname "Pocahontas" actually meant this.
What is "the naughty one" or "spoiled child"?
Smith used these two specific liquids to "restore" the unconscious prisoner to life.
What are water and vinegar?
The English settlers claimed the Native Americans used trade as a "color" or "mask" for this activity.
What is thievery/stealing?
In the English text, the revival of the prisoner was spread among the tribes as this, which enhanced Smith's reputation.
What is a miracle?
Information of a biased nature used to promote a political cause.
What is propaganda?
The author of "The Pocahontas Myth" argues that the name popularized by history reflects this rather than her true identity.
What is a "spoiled" character?
This was the "unintended consequence" of Smith’s pity in the Jamestown dungeon.
The prisoner was nearly smothered/killed by smoke from the charcoal fire.
Smith was one of this many people he claimed were saved from death by a "prominent woman".
What is three?
Chief Roy Crazy Horse suggests that the "Good Indian/Bad Indian" theme is an appeal to this rhetorical device.
What is Pathos (Emotional Appeal)?
This word, meaning seized or arrested, was used when the English caught the two brothers.
What is apprehended?