Pocahontas (1995 film) two other crewmen, but Pocahontas's best friend Nakoma discovers her relationship with Smith and warns Kocoum. Ratcliffe also learns of Smith's encounters and angrily warns Smith against sparing any natives he comes across on pain of death. Later, Smith and Pocahontas meet with Grandmother Willow and plan to bring peace between the colonists and the tribe. Smith and Pocahontas share a kiss, while Kocoum and Thomas, sent by Ratcliffe to spy on Smith, witness from afar. Enraged, Kocoum, screaming a battle cry, attacks and attempts to kill Smith, but Thomas intervenes with his musket and kills Kocoum, who destroys Pocahontas'
Hardie Ratcliffe Hardie Ratcliffe Hardie Ratcliffe (1906–1975) was an English musician, and General Secretary of the United Kingdom Musicians' Union from 1948. Ratcliffe was born in 1906 in Liverpool, and named after Keir Hardie. In childhood, he played saxophone and flute, and by the age of 17, when he joined the union, was already performing theatre orchestras in various towns and cities. He established several branches of the union, and eventually gave up playing music, to devote all his energies to its administration, accepting a post as a full-time official in 1937. Although he gave notice of resignation in August 1962, during