The True Story of Pocahontas As it began to sail on March 21, 1617, Pocahontas quickly became ill after dining with Rolfe and Argall. She returned to her room and vomited, telling Mattachanna that she thought something was put in her food. Mattachanna went to get Rolfe as she convulsed. When she returned, Pocahontas had died. She was quickly buried in Gravesend, where Thomas was left to the clergy until relatives arrived. Rolfe left immediately for Virginia. Upon return, Mattachanna and her husband, along with the rest of the Powhatans, reported that Pocahontas was poisoned before her departure, as she was in good health in
Gravesend, Brooklyn of salt marsh wetlands and sandhill dunes along the shore of Gravesend Bay. The Town of Gravesend was annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1894. The derivation of the name "Gravesend" is unclear. Because of the association with Lady Moody, some speculate that it was named after the English seaport of Gravesend, Kent. But an alternative explanation suggests that it was named by the Dutch governor general Willem Kieft for the Dutch settlement of " 's'Gravesande" in the Netherlands, which means "Count's Beach" or "Count's Sand". There is also a town in the Netherlands called 's-Gravenzande. The modern neighborhood