Pocahontas saved John Smith's life,So clearly Pocahontas didn't save John Smith’s life.John Smith lied about Pocahontas saving him since she was a big deal “FAMOUS”. She was a well known person making him feel that if he added her to one of his documents it would make him well known because he spoke about someone that was “famous”.
In continuation, If he added Pocahontas to his documents it would make him well known since he was adding a person who was a big deal to the Europeans. In the document The Great Rogue it states, “In 1617, Pocahontas became a big media event in London. She was a “princess” (daughter of “king” Powhatan), and the first Indian woman to visit …show more content…
England…. the King and Queen, paid attention to her….While all this was going on, John Smith published a new version of True Relation, adding footnotes that say that Pocahontas threw herself on Smith to save him. Smith even takes credit for introducing Pocahontas to the English language and the Bible.” In other words John Smith adds Pocahontas because she was well known and that would attract others to read his document and make him someone important since he knew who Pocahontas was. Also as he states in the last sentence he took credit for introducing her to the English language and bible making readers feel like him teaching her all these things made them closer and possibly he would be with her and become well known. In addition, John smith used the idea of Pocahontas saving him to make him and his document well known.
Many believe he was actually saved by her, but there is controversy since he could have added her to his documents to gain fame or get well known. Since there is a high possibility he could have lied about Pocahontas was he really he was being executed many might interpret the action of the tribe as an initiation. In the text, “The American Dream of Captain John Smith by J.A. Leo Lemay Historian, it stated, No one in Smith’s day ever expressed doubt about the episode..Pocahontas, her sister, and brother-in-law—were in London in 1616 when Smith publicized the story in a letter to the queen... it seems probable that Smith was being ritualistically killed. Reborn, he was adopted into the tribe, with Pocahontas as his sponsor. But Smith, of course, did not realize the nature of the initiation ceremony..” Smith said he was saved by Pocahontas when she clearly was in a London so how could she “save” him. Also what did he need to be saved from the tribe was being reborn to be able to join the tribe during the initiation ceremony, John smith must have been confused about the ceremony but that doesn't mean he would lie to the queen when Pocahontas was clearly nowhere near him since she was in london with her sister and brother
in-law.
To conclude, There will always be a controversy when it comes to the question, “ Did Pocahontas save John Smith?” Since many might choose to believe that he was really saved by her. After reading 5 document the most efficient response to that question is she was NOT saved by Pocahontas since she was clearly not even there when he going to be “Executed”. John Smith added Pocahontas to his documents to make him well known since she was “famous”