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The Story of Matawaka
According to the English colonists Matawaka had learned some English and so she was sent to James Town by her dad to request the release of prisoners who'd been captured. She also ran many miles at midnight through dense woods to warn the English that her father was planning to ambush and kill them. There are also accounts of Matawaka doing more child-friendly things such as teaching children how to do cartwheels. In power tan culture people take on new names as they grow up and change or they may also have a special name that isn't shared with strangers. It's possible that she used Pocahontas around the English out of fear that they might do bad magic on her if