John Ratcliffe (governor) entire body with mussel shells and tossed the pieces into the flame as he watched. They skinned his face last and finally burned him at stake. This story was documented in an eyewitness account that is included in "The Jamestown Adventure: Accounts of the Virginia Colony, 1605–1614 (Real Voices, Real History)", edited by Ed Southern. In Disney's "Pocahontas" (1995), Ratcliffe was portrayed as a greedy and ruthlessly ambitious man, and the film's main antagonist. His character believes that the Powhatan tribe is very barbaric in nature and have hidden gold near the outskirts of Virginia, and he wants to battle
Disappearance of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon Disappearance of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon Joanne Ratcliffe (born 1962) and Kirste Gordon (born 1969) were two Australian girls who went missing while attending an Australian rules football match at the Adelaide Oval on 25 August 1973. Ratcliffe and Gordon's disappearance, and presumed abduction and murder, became one of South Australia's best known crimes. The presumed murders are sometimes thought to be related to the disappearance of the Beaumont children in 1966. The case is sometimes called in the media, The Adelaide Oval Abductions. Kirste Gordon had been at the football in the care of her maternal grandmother while