Matoaka Pocahontas, the legendary daughter of Powhatan, has been one of the most misunderstood stories in American history. 

The last chapter of her life is particularly intriguing.  

She was sent to England to meet King James Ist.  It was part investment trip for the Virginia colonies. Part a spy trip for her father to check out his potential enemies.

Matoaka Pocahontas was relatively well-treated by the English Royal Court.  One person described her, "as the most noble person there..."

But when Matoaka left England, she boarded a ship, had dinner with her old kidnapper - the man who had human trafficked her - and was dead within two days. 

Was her death from natural causes or was the real cause much darker...?

CrimeWaves investigates.. 

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Music Used: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3REIVlo2Ss John Dowland’s Flow My Tears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkyt8-G0DEk An exercept from Ben Johnson’s Masque https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWSeTQdBcM Haul on the Bowline - A song the English sailors would have sung. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9RA80xxnyI New Jersey Folk Festival showcase of Powhatan culture 

00:00 The Early Life of Matoaka 

03:50 Intro 

05:53 Her Story 

10:26 The Kidnapping of Matoaka 

12:31 The Imprisonment of Matoaka 

17:37 Matoaka in England 

24:39 The Death of Matoaka 

37:27 Outro 

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