Examines the life and actions of Pocahontas, a young Native American woman who developed a friendship with English colonist John Smith and the people of Jamestown, and who later became a Christian and married colonist John Rolfe.

Introduction : different worlds -- The Powhatan people -- The child Matoaka -- From across the sea -- Jamestown -- Smith's capture -- A fateful meeting -- Strained relations -- Troubled times -- On her own -- A changed life -- Rebecca Rolfe -- Death on English soil.