This is the Story of What Happened to the Real Pocahontas

Stripped of her name and her roots, Pocahontas was baptized and renamed Rebecca—a symbolic erasure of her Native identity. During the ceremony, the minister spoke of salvation and promised she’d find joy in England, far from her homeland. Her conversion wasn’t just a spiritual moment; it was political relief for the colonists.

To them, Pocahontas was no longer the “uncivilized” outsider they once feared—she was now reshaped into a version they could accept. With a Christian name, new faith, and English customs thrust upon her, Pocahontas was expected to conform entirely to the world that had taken everything from her.