Pocahontas was not her real name

Amonte was a small child when she was born in 1596 to a woman named Pocahontas and Chief Powhatan Wahunsenaca. He was in charge of the Powhatan tribe's other leaders. A total of 25,000 people lived there, with 30 lower-ranking chiefs serving under Pocahontas' father. Her real name was Amonute, one of the interesting facts about Pocahontas. Matoaka, which translates to "flower between two streams," was another name for her. Some reports claim that she was given this name because she was born between the Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers. She went by the moniker Pocahontas, which translates to "playful one" or "ill-behaved youngster."

Amonte was named Pocahontas because of her lively personality, according to a colonist named William Strachey, who said she enjoyed playing with guys. Because of a superstitious worry that they may hurt her if they found out her true identity, she hid it from the English colonists. It's also unknown when year Pocahontas was born. Pocahontas' description by John Smith in A True Relation of Virginia in the year 1608 as a youngster of approximately ten years confirms that she was born in or around 1596. In contrast, Smith stated in a letter to the Queen in 1616 that Pocahontas was a young kid between the ages of 13 and 14, which effectively defied his earlier assertion.