Pocahontas

Pocahontas (born Matoaka, known as Amonute, and later known as Rebecca Rolfe, c. 1595 – March 1617) was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him. Some historians have suggested that this story, as told by Smith, is untrue.

Pocahontas was captured by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613, and held for ransom. During her captivity, she converted to Christianity and took the name Rebecca. When the opportunity arose for her to return to her people, she chose to remain with the English. In April 1614, she married tobacco planter John Rolfe, and in January 1615, bore their son, Thomas Rolfe.

Po-ca-hon-tas, or The Gentle Savage

Po-ca-hon-tas, or The Gentle Savage (subtitled "An Original Aboriginal Erratic Operatic Semi-civilized and Demi-savage Extravaganza") is a two-act musical burlesque by John Brougham. It debuted in 1855 and became an instant hit. Po-ca-hon-tas remained a staple of theatre troupes and blackface minstrel companies for the next 30 years, typically as an afterpiece.

The play parodies the Indian narratives that were popular at the time in the United States, particularly those featuring Indian heroines in the Noble Savage mould. The burlesque is usually credited with bringing the fad for Indian narratives to an end.

The plot very loosely follows events in the life of the historical Pocahontas. It begins with the arrival of white men led by John Smith, who says they are there to "ravage the land and steal gold". Smith and company raid the "Tuscarora Finishing School of Emancipated Maidens" and there meet Pocahontas. The remainder of the play revolves around the love triangle formed by Pocahontas, Smith, and John Rolfe, concluding with a card game between Smith and Rolfe for the hand of the Indian princess.

Pocahontas (Neil Young song)


"Pocahontas" is a song written by Neil Young that was first released on his 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps. It was also covered by Johnny Cash, Everclear, Emily Loizeau, Crash Vegas and Gillian Welch.

History

Young originally recorded a version of "Pocahontas" in the mid-1970s for his planned but unreleased album Chrome Dreams. Young may have been inspired to write the song after reading Hart Crane's 1930 poem The Bridge, which Young read in London in 1971. The seventeenth-century Native American princess Pocahontas is a central character in The Bridge.

Commentators over the years have noted the song's similarity to Carole King's "He's a Bad Boy."

Lyrics and music

Rolling Stone Magazine contributing editor Rob Sheffield finds "Pocahontas" to be "an agonizingly lonely ballad." The themes of "Pocahontas" include passage of time, travel through space and companionship.Rolling Stone Magazine critic Paul Nelson claims that "Young sails through time and space like he owns them." The lyrics of "Pocahontas" primarily describe the massacre of an Indian tribe by European settlers. However, by the end of the song the lyrics have jumped to modern times, with a fictional meeting in the Astrodome between the narrator, Pocahontas and Indian rights activist actor Marlon Brando.

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"[While some artists find a quick rise to fame a bit frightening, that was not the case for the 32-year-old Wilson, who has lived a hard-knock life.] I've seen my share of craziness, so I don't think I'm too afraid of anything, ... I wouldn't be scared of (fame) because it's something I've been working for my whole life."
"more fact than fiction."
"We're delighted to have Bruce join the board, ... His leadership helped set our course and it continues to be a very successful trip."
"I think our kids played a good game. We moved the ball well and we looked pretty good overall, ... Our kids just got tired and that made a big difference in the game."

Alan Menken

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POCAHONTAS

by: Cash Johnny

Aurora borealis
The icy sky at night
Paddles cut the water
In a long and hurried flight
From the white man
to the fields of green
And the homeland
we've never seen.
They killed us in our tepee
And they cut our women down
They might have left some babies
Cryin' on the ground
But the firesticks
and the wagons come
And the night falls
on the setting sun.
They massacred the buffalo
Kitty corner from the bank
The taxis run across my feet
And my eyes have turned to blanks
In my little box
at the top of the stairs
With my Indian rug
and a pipe to share.
I wish a was a trapper
I would give thousand pelts
To sleep with Pocahontas
And find out how she felt
In the mornin'
on the fields of green
In the homeland
we've never seen.
And maybe Marlon Brando
Will be there by the fire
We'll sit and talk of Hollywood
And the good things there for hire
And the Astrodome
and the first tepee
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Pocahontas.




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