She died while trying to sail back home

Pocahontas begged John Rolfe to let her sail home to visit her family after fulfilling her role as the New World's peace emblem. She finally got the news that she could return to Virginia after five long years. She had just turned 21. With Captain Argall, they dined to celebrate. Keep in mind that Argall was the same person who held her prisoner and may have been one of the men who sexually assaulted her. She started vomiting blood the same night after consuming the food they had put in front of her. She passed away soon after their lunch. She allegedly had consumption, which was typical of the period, according to Rolfe and Argall.

She was just 21, therefore it was startling that she would pass away so quickly. Typically, TB kills a person over a very lengthy period. She was in excellent health in the days before her meal with Rolfe and Argall, according to her sister and the other locals who were with her in England. Many people think she was poisoned and the consuming explanation was just a convenient way out.

The other Native Americans who traveled to England with Pocahontas were also prohibited from going back. They were offered as circus entertainment. Pocahontas was lawfully wed to John Rolfe at that time, and the populace would have been incensed if she had been auctioned off since she was so well-known. The only way they could appear to quiet her permanently was to be to kill her and make it look like an illness.