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  • 400 years: Pocahontas conversion discussed
    by David Roach, posted Tuesday, August 01, 2017 (7 years ago)

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    JAMESTOWN, Va. (BP) -- Four hundred years after the death of one of the most well-known Native Americans in history, scholars say Pocahontas' profession of faith in Christ is among the few facts known with certainty about the famed daughter of a Virginia Algonquin chief.

    Yet her conversion -- along with other key details of her life -- is absent from some contemporary portrayals of Pocahontas' life.

    "Most of what we think we know about her is legend," said Helen Rountree, author of multiple books and scholarly articles on Pocahontas. "We've actually got very few records that even mention her." Read More