Pocahontas (franchise) show opened on April 22, 1998 and closed in 2008. It was a 12-minute show. The show was about Pocahontas from the 1995 Disney film of the same name. In the show, Pocahontas and Grandmother Willow, along with a new young tree character named Sprig and a host of live animals, teach the audience about the beauty of nature and how to live with Mother Nature in peace and harmony. "Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack" is the soundtrack to the 1995 Disney animated film, "Pocahontas". It contains songs from the film written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz,
John Ratcliffe (governor) woods. The colonists dubbed the project "Ratcliffe's Palace." Ratcliffe accompanied Christopher Newport when he sailed from Virginia in 1608. In May 1609, he commanded the "Diamond", one of the ships in the Third Supply fleet of Sir Thomas Gates. In December 1609, Ratcliffe and 14 fellow colonists were invited to a gathering with the tribe of Powhatan Indians. The Powhatans promised the starving colonists would be given corn, but it was a trap. The colonists were ambushed. Ratcliffe suffered a particularly gruesome fate: he was tied to a stake in front of a fire. Women removed the skin from his