She was married to a Tribal Man

She experienced a coming-of-age ceremony when she was recognized as a lady when she was 14 years old. Considering that she felt most like herself when given the name "Pocahontas," which Native Americans can pick at this time, she decided that she formally wanted to be given the name. She was wed to Kocoum, a Powhatan after she had become a woman, who was the brother of Japasaw, the chief of one of the surrounding villages. Kocoum was a Powhatan. In the Disney movie, Kocoum is shown as being quite solemn and not at all what Pocahontas was hoping for in a man. This is untrue.

Although there is little information about their connection, Pocahontas probably had her pick of possible suitors given that she was the popular daughter of the chief. Kocuom and Pocahontas had a daughter together after Pocahontas relocated to the community controlled by Chief Japasaw. She would have been ready to begin her life as a young mother in the Powhatan tribe at this moment. She relocated to a community that was nearer Jamestown than the one where she had previously lived with her father. So, compared to when John Smith initially came, she could have had more interactions with the settlers by this time.