【美国人物志】波卡·洪塔斯 (6/10)

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波卡·洪塔斯 (Pocahontas) 是波瓦坦 (Powhatan) 之女，波瓦坦是住在维吉尼亚州的亚尔冈京印地安人 (Algonquian Indians：即波瓦坦人)的一位重要酋长。她的真名是“Matoaka”，而波卡·洪塔斯是她的绰号，意为“爱嬉戏的”或“调皮的”。 波卡洪塔斯最著名的事为传闻她救了英国上尉史密斯 (John Smith) 的生命。她的一生短暂(死于22岁)，但她在其他方面却影响深远。波卡洪塔斯试着要促进波瓦坦人及英国殖民间的和平；她甚至改信基督教及嫁给一位詹姆士镇的移民罗尔夫 (John Rolfe) ，一段有助于两边人民融合的婚姻。她在英国的早逝损害了维吉尼亚州内，亚尔冈京人及殖民之间的永续和平机会。
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Pocahontas lived as a hostage in the Jamestown settlement for more than a year. A colonist, John Rolfe, taught her English. He also taught her the Christian religion. Pocahontas was the first Native American to become Christian. She changed her name to Rebecca.
In 1614, she married John Rolfe in the church in Jamestown. She was the first Indian woman to marry a white man. Her husband believed that their marriage would be good for the colony. John Rolfe said he married Pocahontas "for the honor of our country, for the glory of God."
Governor Dale immediately opened negotiations with Powhatan. The result was a period of peace that lasted for about eight years.
Pocahontas' husband was a tobacco grower. She taught him the Indian way of planting tobacco. This method improved the tobacco crop. Tobacco later became America's first successful crop.