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Real vs. Fake Pocahontas Facts
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The Disney movie lacks true historical information, while Pocahontas's brave intervenence during John Smith's execution is true. Pocahontas never had a romance with Smith, and the film finished with their marriage. Instead of Smith, it is historically proven that she married John Rolfe after her Christian conversion. The film also doesn't explain Pocahontas was a nickname, and her proper name was Matoaka.
Real vs. Fake:
Pocahontas
Pocahontas disappeared from historical record for quite some time after John Smith's return to England. One of the theories are that she married a Native warrior. In 1613, Capt. Samuel Argall lured Pocahontas onto a ship, where she held hostage so her father could agree with the English to have his daughter back. During this time, she was converted to Christianity with the name "Rebecca". She married John Rolfe in 1614. Pocahontas bore a son, Thomas, in 1615. Being used as propaganda, the Virginia Company of London brought the Rolfe's son and an entourage back to England. Pocahontas soon fell ill, and in March 1617, she died while boarding a ship back to Virginia. Having been buried in Gravesend, England, her death prompted a snap in the relationship between the Natives and English.
The truth about Pocahontas
At the time of John Smith's near death, Pocahontas was around 12 years old, and never formed a romance with the Anglo according to History.com. Pocahontas became an informer to the colony about her father's plans, and became a lifeline for Jamestown to survive.
What the movie says about Pocahontas
The film, released by Disney in 1995, talks about a romance between the Native and John Smith. It shows a relationship between Pocahontas and Smith, and her father, Chief Powhatan's disapproval of such a union.